Cohasset, Massachusetts man Brian Walshe is set to stand trial starting this week, accused of killing his wife Ana and dismembering her body in January 2023.

Monday marks the final pretrial hearing before Walshe's trial is scheduled to begin with jury selection on Tuesday. Opening statements could take place on December 1 once a jury is sworn in.

The trial is expected three to four weeks.

Walshe will stand trial inside Norfolk Superior Court in Dedham. He has pleaded not guilty to murder, misleading a police investigation and improper conveyance of a human body.

Brian Walshe trial

Judge Diane Freniere had ordered Walshe be hospitalized at Bridgewater State hospital last month to determine his competency. On Friday, Freniere said that after 40 days in the hospital, a doctor conclud

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