Jurors chosen to decide the fate of Brian Walshe , the Cohasset man who allegedly killed and dismembered his wife in 2023, will be barred from watching the news during his murder trial, the presiding judge said Monday.

Judge Diane C. Freniere announced the restriction from the bench during Walshe’s final pretrial hearing in Norfolk Superior Court, where jury selection in the high-profile case is scheduled to begin Tuesday.

Freniere said she’ll tell prospective jurors that they must refrain from social media and “agree not to watch the news in any media.”

She acknowledged the condition is “a big ask” but said she believed it was necessary “given the level of publicity, media coverage, in the case.”

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