A woman has been charged with aggravated intimidation of a juror after being accused of photographing jurors outside the Plymouth, Massachusetts courthouse where Lindsay Clancy is on trial for the murder of her three children. Dawn Light, 56, a registered nurse with no prior criminal record, pleaded not guilty and her lawyer described the incident as a misunderstanding, insisting she had been trying to photograph Clancy rather than the jury. The case has drawn intense scrutiny given the high-profile, livestreamed nature of the Clancy trial, with prosecutors warning that such conduct threatens the integrity of the judicial process.

Light was allegedly found sitting in a restricted area in her parked car on Tuesday and initially denied filming, before prosecutors said they discovered deleted photos of jurors leaving the court on her phone. A judge denied prosecutors' request for $50,000 (£37,000) cash bail, instead ordering Light to stay away from the courthouse and anyone connected to the case, and barring her from producing or sharing any images that may remain stored on iCloud. The jury, overseen by Judge William Sullivan under an order banning the photographing of jurors, has been deliberating since Thursday over whether Clancy is criminally responsible for the killings.