Overview

• Norfolk Superior Court Judge Diane C. Freniere ordered an examination to determine whether Brian Walshe is competent to stand trial.
• The court rescheduled the trial from Oct. 20, and a new start date has not been set.
• New docket filings report completion of another round of DNA testing and prosecutors’ responses to defense motions.
• Prosecutors plan to present evidence that a private investigator probed Ana Walshe’s alleged infidelity and to introduce limited facts about Walshe’s prior federal art-fraud conviction, while excluding other earlier allegations.
• Walshe has pleaded not guilty to murder and related charges and remains held without bail, with a defense request to move the trial still pending.