ABCNEWS - Man sentenced to life for elaborate double-murder plot to get rid of his wife
Brendan Banfield was convicted in the 2023 murders of his wife and a man prosecutors said he "catfished" on a fetish website.
Brendan Banfield was convicted in the 2023 murders of his wife and a man prosecutors said he "catfished" on a fetish website.
The jury resumes deliberating Monday in the double-murder trial of Brendan Banfield, the Virginia man accused of plotting with his mistress to make it seem like his wife was murdered by a man she met on a fetish website. Former federal prosecutor Neama Rahmani and criminal defense attorney Brian Claypool tell “Elizabeth Vargas Reports” that Banfield’s testimony was problematic. #Crime #Banfield #Murder Anchor Elizabeth Vargas delivers the biggest stories, without bias or opinion. Watch "Elizabeth Vargas Reports" every weeknight at 7p/6C on NewsNation. #VargasReports NewsNation is your source for fact-based, unbiased news for all Americans.
Brendan Banfield rebuffed claims that he had made an elaborate plan for the killings with the family’s au pair, with whom he had an affair.
A Virginia man took the stand Wednesday to deny that he and his child’s au pair took part in an elaborate murder plot to kill his wife and a stranger who had been set up to look like a murderer. “That is absolutely crazy,” Brendan Banfield testified. #Crime #BrendanBanfield #AuPair Anchor Elizabeth Vargas delivers the biggest stories, without bias or opinion. Watch "Elizabeth Vargas Reports" every weeknight at 7p/6C on NewsNation. #VargasReports NewsNation is your source for fact-based, unbiased news for all Americans.
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