Lindsay Clancy suffering 'command hallucination' when she killed children, court hears
The defence brought their final witness - a forensic psychiatrist - to the stand to testify about the effects of postpartum psychosis.
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"My opinion is that Ms Clancy was, due to her mental disease, unable to conform her conduct to the requirements of the law on the day that she took the lives of her children."
— Phillip Resnick , Academic
"In her mind, she believed that she would be doing her children a favour by having them go to heaven with her rather than remain on earth without her doing the mothering."
— Phillip Resnick , Academic
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The defence brought their final witness - a forensic psychiatrist - to the stand to testify about the effects of postpartum psychosis.
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