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Psychologist casts doubt over claims Lindsay Clancy suffered ‘command hallucinations’

Lindsay Clancy’s lawyers argue she should not be held criminally responsible for killing her children because she was suffering from mental health issues (Picture: Greg Derr/The Patriot Ledger / USA TODAY NETWORK via Imagn Images) A forensic psychologist has said he does not believe Lindsay Clancy was suffering from ‘command hallucinations’ when she killed her three children. Clancy killed Cora, five, Dawson, three, and eight-month-old Callan, with resistance bands while her ex-husband Patrick Clancy was running errands. While she does not deny killing the children, Clancy’s lawyer argues she should not be held criminally responsible because she was suffering from postpartum psychosis and taking powerful drugs to cope with depression at the time. Forensic psychiatrist and filicide expert,
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