The long-awaited trial for a Herndon man accused of orchestrating the killings of his wife and another man has been postponed once again.
Brendan Banfield’s trial is now scheduled to begin Jan. 13, with Fairfax Circuit Court Chief Judge Penney S. Azcarate granting a continuance in court yesterday (Wednesday). The trial had been been scheduled to start Oct. 20 (Monday), having been previously continued earlier this year.
Banfield’s legal team, led by John F. Carroll of Fairfax firm Carroll Nuttall, sought the continuance. Carroll did not respond to an inquiry about why he sought the continuance by press time, though a previously-issued judicial order has limited contact with the news media…