New twist in Lindsay Clancy case as defence lawyer calls for investigation into holdout juror

Warning: This article contains discussion of suicide and child death which some readers may find distressing.

Lindsay Clancy’s defence lawyer has called for an investigation into the holdout juror who wanted to find Clancy guilty of murder.

After weeks of testimony and evidence, as well as almost 40 hours of jury deliberations, the Clancy case ended in a mistrial as the jurors failed to reach a unanimous verdict.

Shortly before the mistrial was declared, the jurors indicated that 11 of them were in agreement on a verdict but a lone ‘holdout’ was not.

After the trial wrapped up several jurors came forward, with one claiming the holdout admitted to having ‘reasonable doubt’ but then refused to find Clancy not guilty.

The foreman of the jury told NBC 10 Boston: “He admitted he had reasonable doubt and I started filling out the forms.

Lindsay Clancy’s case ended in a mistrial (Jonathan Wiggs/The Boston Globe via Getty Images)

“I was so excited. There were three forms I had to fill out and I started filling them out. I wrote my signature on each one and then he said, ‘But I’m still not going say that she’s not guilty by reason of insanity.’”

However, just days later, the holdout juror then came forward himself and attempted to shut down what the other jurors had claimed, saying that he was sure of Clancy’s guilt from ‘day one’ and did not waver during deliberations.

In a statement to NewsNation, he said: “I didn’t have any doubts. As I tried to explain different possible theories during deliberation, I kept getting cut off as if I had doubts based on the evidence present.

“Based on all the physical evidence, key witnesses, and what the prosecution presents, I thought it was enough proof that she [Clancy] knew exactly what she was doing and planned.”

Now, Clancy’s defence team has asked Judge William Sullivan to launch an investigation into the lone juror.

Kevin Reddington has filed a new motion (CJ Gunther/Getty Images)

The motion, filed by Clancy’s lawyer Kevin Reddington, has asked the judge to examine the juror’s mobile phone metadata during the time he was deliberating on the case.

He also asks the judge to preserve the juror records from all 12 jury panellists and their six alternates, including questionnaires, courthouse CCTV, and sign-in sheets for their phones.

Reddington has also requested that the juror - named as ‘Juror Doe’ in the filling - be questioned about the truthfulness on a number of matters, including the juror questionnaire and voir dire answers, statements made to the court, and the use of phone during deliberations.

“The inquiry will not touch the substance of deliberations,” the motion reads.

At her trial, Clancy did not deny killing her three children five-year-old Cora, three-year-old Dawson and eight-month-old Callan in January 2023.

However, her legal team argued that the former nurse, who is now paralysed from the waist down following a suicide attempt, should not be held legally responsible as she was suffering from post-partum psychosis at the time.

The prosecution argued that she knew what she was doing at the time of the killings.

With the mistrial declared, Clancy’s case essentially goes back to its pre-trial status, with her being charged with three-counts of murder and held at a psychiatric facility.

The prosecutors now have to decide if they will re-try the case with a new jury or not.