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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Olivia Diaz

Police reassignment at issue in case against Virginia man charged in double-killing

Virginia Wife Killing - (ASSOCIATED PRESS)

A Virginia judge has ordered prosecutors to give the defense documentation about the reassignment of a digital forensic examiner who had been working on the case in which a man is accused of plotting with an au pair to kill his wife and another man.

Fairfax Circuit Court Chief Judge Penney Azcarate on Thursday ordered Deputy Commonwealth’s Attorney Eric Clingan to collect and distribute any documentation of the assignment change to the defense for Brendan Banfield.

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