Lindsay Clancy’s trial moved to closing arguments, with her defence lawyer arguing that postpartum psychosis and inadequate medical care drove her to kill her three children. The case matters because jurors must decide whether she was legally insane at the time, which could determine whether she is committed to psychiatric care or imprisoned.

Clancy, 36, admits killing Cora, five, Dawson, three, and eight-month-old Callan on 24 January 2023, but denies murder by reason of insanity. Her lawyer said she had been a devoted mother before her mental health deteriorated, while prosecutors accepted she had mental illness but argued she acted rationally and deliberately; the 12-person jury was due to deliberate after the arguments.