During Lindsay Clancy’s murder trial, proceedings reportedly became contentious after a dispute over claims that a prosecutor told someone to “shut her up” while Clancy was crying during the presentation of autopsy photographs. The incident matters because it raises questions about courtroom conduct in a highly sensitive case involving the deaths of children.

The article’s available text provides no further verified detail on who allegedly made the remark, the court’s response or the wider evidence presented. It describes the photographs as being shown during the trial and characterises the exchange as an “ugly squabble”.