(CNN) — A Massachusetts man about to go on trial for the murder and dismemberment of his wife has pleaded guilty to misleading police and improper conveyance of a human body.

Brian Walshe, 50, is still set to go to trial for the murder of his wife, Ana Walshe. Jury selection was initially scheduled for Tuesday and has been postponed until Wednesday.

Walshe pleaded guilty to the lesser charges without a plea deal from prosecutors. Prosecutors refused to negotiate, according to a defense filing, “unless negotiations included the indictment charging murder.”

In court Tuesday morning, Walshe’s attorney made clear he is not admitting to murdering his wife.

“Mr. Walshe is prepared to admit to the recitation of facts with respect to the indictment that the government just read in so far as

See Full Page