Donald Trump reacts after Lindsay Clancy trial ends in mistrial with blunt verdict

US President Donald Trump has spoken out about Lindsay Clancy's case, saying she will have to pay 'a price' after her trial went to a mistrial today.

The intense and emotional six-week trial, which sought to determine if Clancy should be held criminally responsible for the deaths of her three children in January 2023, was brought to an end in a mistrial today (4 September).

President Trump has now spoken out on the news, revealing he has been watching the trial and calling it a 'horrible tragedy' and 'terrible situation'.

"She did a horrible, horrible thing, can't be worse. But you'll find out what the price to pay is," he said from the White House.

“It’s going to be mental institution or jail or something, but I guess they’re going to go through another trial. It’s too bad."

Have a listen to his response here:

Plymouth County District Attorney Timothy Cruz said the prosecution have not yet decided if they will go to a retrial. He said: “There will be no decisions made today regarding that."

Trump added it had been "hard not to” follow the case as it has been “on television so much.”

Now the mistrial has been confirmed, the matter will be continued on September 29 for status, trial assignment and a motion to discuss rule 25, with Clancy's prior bail conditions 'remaining in full force and effect.'

How the Lindsay Clancy case was declared a mistrial

Clancy stood accused of killing her three children - Cora, five, Dawson, three, and Callan, eight months - in January 2023, before attempting to take her own life, which left her paralysed from the waist down and dependent on a wheelchair.

Though the defence did not dispute that former nurse Clancy, 36, killed her children, they argued throughout that she cannot be held criminally responsible due to suffering from postpartum psychosis and severe mental illness at the time of the killings.

Lindsay Clancy's murder trial has been declared as a mistrial after almost six emotional weeks (Greg Derr / POOL / AFP via Getty Images)

Testimony was heard for five weeks in the high-profile trial in Massachusetts, with deliberations stretching for another week.

On Thursday (3 September), after six days of deliberations, the 12-person jury - made up nine women and three men - were unable to reach an unanimous verdict.

This led to controversy when it emerged a single juror was not following the court’s instructions about reasonable doubt, with a note delivered to the judge suggesting this was what was holding the jury from reaching a verdict.

Reddington called for the juror to be removed, accusing them of 'refusing to listen to the law,' but Judge William F. Sullivan refused, reminded the jury of his instructions on reasonable doubt and sent them back to continue deliberations.

After the session came to a close, they returned on Friday morning, but the jury remained in deadlock, forcing Sullivan to declare a mistrial.

It was put on hold for three hours when the defence appealed for an emergency request for relief to the Massachusetts Judicial Supreme Court over the issue of the alleged holdout juror.

Judge William F. Sullivan was the one who declared the mistrial (Jonathan Wiggs/The Boston Globe via Getty Images)

That was denied, as was Reddington's last ditch appeal to Sullivan on the issue.

“We have a juror who has, according to the foreperson, is the only person who is basically holding out, so to speak, and unfortunately, they’re not holding out based on a good faith issue with the facts or with the law," Reddington argued.

"But they’re holding out as a result that, even though they have agreed and expressed doubt, they are refusing to apply the laws you’ve given."

Judge Sullivan's words to the jury after the mistrial was declared

Sullivan then recalled the jury, told them he had declared a mistrial and thanked them for their efforts.

“Each one of you knew how long the case was going to go. You knew how difficult the case was going to be to listen to facts-wise, but still, you braced for that duty.

“I understood that you all gave everything you could, and probably more than you thought you could, and so, on behalf myself, I just want to thank you so much."

Speaking after the court was dismissed, prosecutor Cruz said: “We’re here at this court house today because those children are not.

“I appreciate the fact that there are strong feelings and opinions tied to this case. However, our job is to set aside our feelings and focus solely on the facts.”