Lawyers for Brian Walshe , the Cohasset man charged with killing and dismembering his wife in their home in 2023, are seeking a change of venue for his upcoming murder trial, currently scheduled to begin this month in Norfolk Superior Court.

Walshe’s attorneys filed a motion Wednesday to move the highly anticipated trial “outside of Norfolk County,” or, in the alternative, seat jurors from outside the county. The trial is scheduled to begin Oct. 20, records show.

The defense said Walshe, 50, “cannot obtain a fair and impartial trial” in Norfolk County, citing “voluminous pretrial publicity,” the facts and circumstances of the case, and the “shocking allegations that have been reported in the media and the subject of podcasts” for nearly three years.

The lawyers also said Walshe was

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