A trial date was scheduled Friday for the two lawyers a grand jury indicted earlier this week on multiple charges for tormenting a McLean couple. The grand jury indicted Andrew Schmuhl on seven charges including armed burglary, abduction, malicious assault, and use of a firearm in a felony. His spouse, Alecia Schmuhl faces six charges, including eluding the police, abduction, malicious assault and armed burglary. Almost one year after prosecutors say the Schmuhls terrorized Alecia’s former boss and his wife, they will stand trial in Fairfax County. According to police, the Schmuhls reputedly bound and stabbed Leo Fisher and his spouse Sue Duncan during a brutal torture session that police said lasted for hours. On Friday, Andrew Schmuhl’s legal team put in a request to the judge for more time to prepare for the trial, citing a four hour long pretrial hearing where the prosecution presented evidence in relation to the case. Calling it “complex and high profile,” the Schmuhls’ defense team originally wanted a start date of January 2016, but the judge set the date for November 2, 2015. The jury trial is presumed to take place sometime between eight days and two weeks.
