The former Stoughton cop accused of grooming Sandra Birchmore while she was a minor and then killing her when she was pregnant wants his trial heard outside of Massachusetts.

Attorneys for Matthew Farwell, who faces federal charges of killing a witness or victim in Birchmore’s death and another charge for killing the unborn baby, were granted time to file a memorandum arguing for a change of venue for his trial.

The attorneys wrote Thursday that their motion “addresses the voluminous pretrial publicity in his case, the prejudicial impact of such publicity on a potential jury pool in the District of Massachusetts, and the law and constitutional rights requiring a transfer of venue.”

Chief U.S. District Judge Denise J. Casper approved the request for time to write their motion.

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