Nanny affair case turns emotional as alleged killer husband watches bodycam video

Key Highlights

• Detective Zachary Beckner returned to the stand during the defense's case to discuss video recorded by responding officers.
• As the video played in the courtroom, Banfield shook his head, sniffled and used tissues to wipe his eyes while seated. The video showed officers’ response to the home where Banfield’s wife, Christine Banfield, was found stabbed in February 2023.
• Another man, Joseph Ryan, was also killed.
• Banfield is charged with aggravated murder in the February 2023 killings of Christine and Ryan inside their home in Herndon, Virginia, an affluent suburb of Washington, D. C.
• Prosecutors allege he orchestrated the killings to cover up his relationship with the family’s au pair, Juliana Peres Magalhães.