FRAMINGHAM, Mass. (AP) – His picture has been splashed across the front pages of newspapers and on television on both sides of the Atlantic: Neil Entwistle, a young father, accused of shooting his wife and baby daughter dead in their suburban Boston home, then fleeing to his native England.

So when Neil Entwistle’s lawyer got ready to speak after Entwistle’s arraignment on murder charges Thursday, a crush of reporters and photographers surged forward to listen.

But instead of answering questions about the case, Entwistle’s lawyer blasted the media for the avalanche of coverage the case has received in the weeks since the killings.

“I don’t know that Mr. Entwistle will ever be able to get a fair trial on these charges,” Weinstein said. “I am certain that anybody watching this telecast or reading the reporting of today’s arraignment has already formed an opinion with respect to Mr. Entwistle’s guilt. … And that opinion is based on absolutely no facts and absolutely no evidence, and that is quite unfortunate.”

He declined to take questions, saying: “I am not going to continue the publicity mill that surrounds this case.”

Entwistle, 27, did not speak during his brief arraignment. Weinstein entered a not guilty plea on his behalf. District Court Judge Robert Greco ordered him held without bail pending a March 15 probable cause hearing, although the case could be transferred to Superior Court before then.

Outside the courthouse, dozens of reporters, photographers and television satellite trucks filled the sidewalks and parking lot. One motorist passing by the scene yelled out: “Burn that baby killer.”

Entwistle kept his head bowed as officers led him into the building wearing shackles and a bulletproof vest. After the hearing, he was taken to the jail inside the Middlesex Superior Court building in Cambridge.

Entwistle is charged with two counts of first-degree murder in the deaths of his wife, Rachel, 27, and their 9-month-old daughter Lillian, killed in their home in Hopkinton on Jan. 20. Entwistle flew to England a day after the shootings, was arrested there last week, and was flown back to the United States on Wednesday.

More than a dozen of Rachel Entwistle’s family members and friends filled the first three rows of the courtroom.

to witness Entwistle’s arraignment, the first time they’ve seen him since mother and daughter were killed.

The women carried bouquets of lilies and roses tied with long white ribbons.

Rachel Entwistle’s mother, Priscilla Matterazzo, never took her eyes off her son-in-law.

Later, a family spokesman, Joseph Flaherty, read a statement from the Matterazzos outside the courthouse.

“To think that someone we loved, trusted and opened our home to could do this to our daughter and granddaughter is beyond belief,” he said. “From what we have learned through the course of the investigation, we are now only coming to realize the level of his deceit.

“Neil betrayed our trust in so many different ways that it is almost impossible to describe it,” Flaherty said.

Prosecutors say Entwistle shot his wife and daughter with his father-in-law’s .22-caliber handgun, then drove 50 miles to the family’s home in Carver and returned the gun.

Entwistle was despondent over mounting debts and may have planned to commit suicide after killing his wife and daughter, according to Middlesex District Attorney Martha Coakley. Instead, he flew to the United Kingdom on Jan. 21 and stayed at his parents’ home in Worksop, in central England.

The bodies were discovered by police on Jan. 22, under a pile of blankets on a bed. Rachel Entwistle’s relatives and friends called police after the couple organized a Jan. 21 dinner party but did not answer their door when guests arrived.

In the days before the slayings, Entwistle did research online about ways to kill people and how to commit suicide, according to search warrant affidavits made public this week. He also trolled the Internet for escort services and other Web sites offering help finding sexual partners, the documents allege.

Entwistle met Rachel Souza, a Holy Cross student from Kingston, in 1999 at Britain’s University of York, in northern England, where she was spending the year abroad.

The couple married in 2003 and lived in England. In April 2005, Lillian was born. The couple moved to Carver in southeastern Massachusetts last summer and lived with Rachel’s relatives.

Last month, they moved into a Colonial-style home they rented in Hopkinton for $2,700 a month. Ten days later, Rachel and Lillian Entwistle were found dead.