appeared in a Suffolk County Court yesterday for pre-trial motions.

Lorretta Burrows Marsh, 49, was originally arraigned in a West Roxbury District Court earlier this month on charges that she hired a hit man to attack her husband, Philip Marsh, 55, an arson squad investigator.

She has also been charged with attempted robbery. Her case was switched to a Suffolk County Superior Court on August 16.

Pre-trial motions dominated her appearance yesterday and it is understood her original charges have been reduced.

Mrs. Burrows Marsh is being held in the Nashua Street detention centre.

Last month, the Boston Herald said Mrs. Burrows Marsh allegedly plotted to have a man enter her home and rob her and her husband. If her husband resisted she is alleged to have told the hit man to break both his legs. If he was killed, however, that was an outcome she allegedly would have been happy with.

BERMUDIAN BDA