Husband denies planning wife’s murder in Virginia au pair affair case

In Fairfax County, Virginia, Brendan Banfield testified that he loved his wife and did not plan to kill her and Joe Ryan after starting an affair with their au pair, Juliana Magalhães; prosecutors allege Banfield and Magalhães lured Ryan to the home, shot him, and Banfield stabbed Christine Banfield, staging the scene, while Magalhães has pleaded guilty to manslaughter and Banfield, who pleads not guilty, faces life if convicted.