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Her 'Mind Was Gone': Defence Cites Postpartum Psychosis as Lindsay Clancy Case Goes to the Jury

The jury deliberates on Lindsay Clancy after defence cites postpartum psychosis in killing of her three children (Credit: Screenshot / YouTube PBS NewsHour)

The jury in Lindsay Clancy's murder trial has begun deliberations after her defence team argued that severe postpartum psychosis left her unable to understand that killing her three children was wrong.

Holding up Clancy's journals in court, her lawyer Kevin Reddington told jurors that her writing had deteriorated from coherent entries in September to 'chicken scratch' by January. It was, he argued, physical evidence that 'her mind was gone'.

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