Virginia husband given life term after plot with au pair to kill wife

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Brendan Banfield, a former IRS agent, was sentenced to life in prison after plotting with the family’s Brazilian au pair to murder his wife and a man she lured to their Northern Virginia home; the judge called the crime cruel and evil, signaling a calculated, deadly plan rather than a spur-of-the-moment act.
- Man who plotted with au pair to kill his wife receives life sentence The Washington Post
- Brendan Banfield sentenced to life in prison for murders of wife, stranger amid affair with his family’s au pair CNN
- Brendan Banfield sentenced to life in prison in ‘au pair affair’ murders WTOP
- Virginia man gets life in prison for double murder scheme in affair with Brazilian au pair Yahoo
- Man Who Schemed With Au Pair to Kill His Wife Is Sentenced to Life The New York Times
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