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Livestream: Brian Walshe’s last hearing before jury selection
Prosecutors accuse Walshe of killing his wife, Ana, on New Year’s Day in 2023.
Livestream via NBC10 Boston.
Brian Walshe will appear in court Monday for his final pre-trial conference before jury selection begins in his case. Prosecutors are charging him with killing his wife, Ana, on New Year’s Day in 2023.
Ana Walshe, a Cohasset mother of three, went missing around New Year’s Day that year. Prosecutors allege her husband, Brian Walshe, killed and dismembered her before disposing of her remains.
Prosecutors cite evidence that he searched online for information about dead bodies and bought a hacksaw, hatchet, and cleaning supplies shortly after her disappearance. Police have never found Ana Walshe’s body.
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Walshe has pleaded not guilty to first-degree murder, misleading police, and improper conveyance of a human body.
On Friday, a Bridgewater State Hospital doctor deemed Walshe competent to stand trial, following a reported attack by an inmate stabbing him in jail on Sept. 11.
The court initially set a competency hearing for Oct. 27. But Walshe’s lawyer, Larry Tipton, previously said that despite showing progress since the attack, the “mental and physical effects of the violent assault” continued to prevent Walshe from fully participating in preparing his defense.
Friday was the first time Walsh returned to court since the attack.
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Norfolk Superior Court Judge Diane Freniere also rejected a defense request Friday to move the trial.
Freniere said that jury selection will begin Tuesday, with an expected trial start on Dec. 1.
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