Caleb Milligan (William Ash) isn’t a man known for resisting temptation in Emmerdale.

The ruthless businessman is always cooking up some scheme or another in his constant – often not legal – quest for wealth.

His appetites don’t stop with greed either. Caleb’s got a penchant for revenge if anyone gives him a reason – and Joe Tate (Ned Porteous) ripped out his kidney.

That’s why Caleb took great delight in orchestrating an epic revenge against his organ-harvesting enemy by helping Dawn Taylor (Olivia Bromley) to jilt Joe on his wedding day and flee to Spain with her ex Billy Fletcher (Jay Kontzle) .

The revenge worked well. Too well. The dramatic events of Joe’s wedding hell led to a shocking car crash which claimed both the lives of his bride-to-be Dawn and Jimmy King (Nick Miles).

It’s hard to think of anyone as conniving, power-hungry and just plain bad as Caleb Miligan.

Or at least, it was.

Now Emmerdale’s ultimate villain Sadie King (Patsy Kensit) is back in the Dales just in time to bury her ex-husband Jimmy, who she’s been apparently having an affair with this whole time.

Affairs are Sadie’s bread and butter. Let’s not forget she had a rather steamy affair with Robert Sugden (Ryan Hawley) back in the day, not to mention her passionate dalliance with the king of Dales hard men himself, Cain Dingle (Jeff Hordely).

Patsy Kensit recently spoke to Metro about the experience of reuniting with Jeff after a twenty year absence from our screens, and how Sadie reacts to seeing Cain again.

‘I had quite a daunting day with Jeff Hordley where we shot about eight or nine scenes, and it was all about putting that relationship to bed. There is a lot she reveals about what happened to her after he left her on the runway. There were two ways of playing it, and Jeff is such a brilliant actor – as is everyone on the show.’

‘I’m learning so much every day, as I did years ago. It’s an education. But we decided to play against that and make it a real conversation between two people that had shared some time together, and I think that was the right way to do it. It ties things up.’

However, she also teased a potentially fresh romance… with none other than Caleb himself.

This might come as something as a shock to fans, especially seeing as Caleb is very much not single. He’s married to his co-partner in revenge, Emmerdale’s answer to Lady MacBeth Ruby Fox-Miligan (Beth Cordingly).

But since when does something like a committed relationship stop Sadie from getting what she wants?

That’s something she’s got in common with Caleb, who famously did the dirty on Ruby with Tracy Robinson (Amy Walsh) until his scorned wife exposed it.

But it seems that Sadie’s got big plans for Caleb, according to Patsy Kensit, who seemed to suggest she’d been filming some recent scenes where Sadie got Caleb hot under the collar. And not just Caleb either.

‘Sadie has got her sights set on Caleb. And Ruby, as well.

Curiouser and curiouser…

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Northern Rail put out an alter on Friday September 4 warning that the line between Bolton and Blackburn may be blocked over the course of the evening.

They have warned that various services may be impacted.

A statement said: “Train services running through these stations may be cancelled, delayed or revised.

“Disruption is expected until the end of the day.”

According to Northern, affected stations could include Rochdale, Castleton, Mills Hill, Moston, Manchester Victoria, Salford Central, Salford Crescent and Bolton.

They may also include Hall I’ Th’ Wood, Bromley Cross, Entwistle, Darwen, Blackburn, Ramsgreave and Wilpshire, Langho, Whalley and Clitheroe.

Northern has warned that train services on the line are likely to be affected throughout Friday evening.

Passengers have been warned to expect delays, to plan their journeys ahead of time and to check Northern’s website for further updates.

Jama Yusuf discharged a volley of seven gunshots towards two men while cycling through the streets

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A teenager who discharged a firearm through the window of a home occupied by a mother, her 10-month-old baby, and her elderly mother called out “see you guys” as he was sentenced.

Jama Yusuf fired seven gunshots towards two men while riding a bicycle through the streets of Toxteth.

The incident resulted in further bullets hitting a parked van and the exterior brickwork of another property. When police arrived at his residence two days later, Yusuf asked officers: “Was it a bad shooting? Did anyone get hurt?” reports ECHO.

Although CCTV footage showed Yusuf wearing identical clothing to the cyclist shortly before the incident while buying milk and rolling a cigarette in a convenience store, he denied involvement. Following a trial, he was unanimously found guilty of possession of a firearm with intent to endanger life, possession of ammunition without a certificate, and two counts of criminal damage.

Returning to Liverpool Crown Court this afternoon, Friday, Yusuf was handed 13-and-a-half years detention in a young offenders’ institute. Appearing suited in the dock, his mum waved to him from the public gallery as he was led to the cells before he shouted: “See you guys, bye.”

Sentencing, Judge Ian Harris told him: “You fired seven bullets towards two unknown males. One went through a double glazed window. Fortunately, it missed an elderly lady who was in her daughter’s house. Additionally, other members of family, including a 10-month-old baby, were in the house, although fortunately not in that living room.

“Other bullets you fired damaged brickwork, a metal shutter and the rear door of a Peugeot van. During routine house to house enquiries, police called at your address, close to the scene of the shooting. Police become suspicious about your reactions.

“There is enormous public concern about gun crime. Firearms cause death and grievous injuries. In your case, the gun that you used has not been recovered and, therefore, must still be in criminal circulation.

“The evidence is that seven shots were fired at two individuals in an 18-second period. You then rode away on your cycle. The fact that no individual was shot was, in my judgement, sheer good fortune. You could easily be facing more serious charges.

“Ms Abdi, the householder, said that they were all extremely shaken and scared, especially her elderly mother, who had been sitting by the window. Her scarf had fragments of glass from the window on it.

“There was some planning for the offences. Once you saw the two men, you went to collect the pistol. You had a face covering. You knew your routes extremely well and were able to escape without detection. You subsequently discarded the clothing that you had on, in my judgement, to avoid detection, if at all possible.

“The motive for this offending is unknown. In my judgement, it was clearly connected with serious ongoing criminal activity. The major mitigating factor is your age, 18 years and seven months old at the time of the offending.

“I note the contents of the pre-sentence report. The probation officer sets out that you still deny responsibility for the offences. She mentions that your maturity is not fixed and your positive engagement with education while in custody, your mentoring role and family support suggests that there are possibilities for you to develop and change.

“However, she sets out that the escalation in your offending will require substantial work. Notwithstanding concerns expressed in the pre-sentence report about risk, I note the absence of any previous serious offences, your age and the degree of optimism about your future, albeit you will need strict guidance. Given the length of time that you will spend in custody, I have decided that I do not need to pass an extended determinate sentence.”

A jury of seven men and five women previously heard in July that the seven gunshots were discharged by the cyclist as he rode along Millennium Road, Seaport Street and Kingsley Road shortly after midnight on October 5 last year while supposedly firing in the direction of two other men, who fled the scene on foot and on another bicycle. Steven Swift, prosecuting, told the court: “One of the bullets embedded itself into the living room wall of the home address of Ms Hiba Abdi.

“She resides with her mother and 10-month-old baby at Kingsley Road. She could recall being upstairs, searching for a phone charger at this time, her mother sitting downstairs on a sofa under the window, when she heard a shout, a scream.

“Her mother was really unable to appreciate what had just happened. She thought that somebody might have thrown something at the window. On closer inspection, it became clear that there was a small hole in the blind and curtain and a bullet had gone through, missing Ms Abdi’s elderly mother.

“You will hear evidence that another bullet damaged the brickwork of an address on Seaport Street. Another damaged the rear door of a Peugeot Boxer van parked on Seaport Street, and there was other damage to metal shutters on Granby Street.”

CSI officers subsequently recovered seven spent bullet casings and five live 9mm rounds from the scene, with CCTV enquiries subsequently linking Yusuf to the incident. Footage from the body worn camera of a police officer, captured in August of last year as the 19-year-old was stopped and searched, showed him wearing a dark coloured Rab coat with his hood up, a garment said to match that of the alleged gunman when he was seen rolling a cigarette in the communal hallway of a block of flats on Parliament Place and buying milk from Granby Minimarket earlier on the evening of the shooting.

Yusuf was also said to have been seen “making a gun gesture with his hand” while cycling past the same shop on a red bike shortly before midnight. Having then made his purchase, jurors were told that he returned to his home on Eversley Street, being seen in the rear courtyard of this address before leaving again shortly afterwards in the minutes before the shooting.

Mr Swift added: “Just after nine minutes after midnight, the gunshots are heard. You may think that multiple discharges of a gun, aimed towards two individuals, demonstrates the clearest intention to endanger the lives of those individuals.”

Further footage was said to have captured Yusuf returning home once more at 12.11am before leaving again and returning to Parliament Place in a change of clothing. He was then seen shopping with his mum at Footasylum on Edge Lane the following day while buying new clothes.

Two days after the shooting, on October 7, officers conducting house to house enquiries in the area visited Yusuf’s home address. Having been asked for access to his Ring doorbell camera, he was reported to have replied: “Well, wasn’t it all the way over on Kingsley?”

After being told that police required the footage in order to trace the movements of the suspect, Yusuf then added: “Was it a bad shooting? Did anyone get hurt?”

Mr Swift said of this: “The crown say that this interaction with the police is significant. It was as a result of that conversation and the nature of the responses provided by the defendant that enquiries commenced.”

This led to Yusuf handing himself in at St Anne Street Police Station on October 9, subsequently making no comment when interviewed on this occasion and during a second round of questioning in December. Mr Swift concluded his opening by telling the jury: “The crown say that this defendant was the man with the gun, firing live bullets in Toxteth in the early hours of the morning on the 5th of October and that, having heard all of the evidence in this case, the crown say that you can be sure of his guilt in relation to the counts he faces.”

Yusuf, who has two previous convictions for possession of a bladed article in a public place and possession of cannabis in 2024, opted not to give evidence during his trial. Philip Astbury, defending, said on his behalf today: “There is very little that I can say about the incident itself, given the defendant’s continued position.

“The suggestion was that there is evidence this was aimed at the two individuals. I would invite the court to exercise caution before concluding that is exactly what happened here.

“We know there was no injury. Something happened. The jury were clearly satisfied that there was an intent to endanger life. Your honour may feel it is a step too far to conclude, at close range, that it was aimed at those two individuals.

“He was only 18 at the time. He has never experienced custody. To now go to facing the type of sentence that he does, it does not need me to explain the impact of that and the trepidation he now has.

“Your honour sees that he successfully passed his GCSEs. He was at college up until the point that he was arrested for these matters. He was hoping to go on in education. There is a very different side to his character. I pray in aid that side of his character and the promise he still holds for the future. He looks forward and not back.

“Your honour knows that he has an extremely supportive family. Your honour will have seen his parents in attendance at the trial on each and every day. They are a supportive and very positive family.

“Both of his sisters graduated during the course of the trial. He will be surrounded, when he is released, by positive influences in the family. They stand by him. What your honour would not want to do, I am sure, is crush this young man or leave no light at the end of the tunnel for him to work towards.”

Schools in England are providing allergy awareness training for all staff for the first time following the death of Benedict Blythe who died after a fatal allergic reaction to milk given to him at school

The parents of Benedict Blythe, who died after a fatal allergic reaction from drinking milk at school, have urged schools to take ‘Benedict’s Law’ seriously.

Schools in England are providing allergy awareness training for all staff for the first time following the death of a schoolboy who was given milk.

The landmark protections, backed by statutory guidance, have been introduced after five-year-old Benedict Blythe suffered a fatal allergic reaction in school. The campaign, which will see 1.5million adults learning how to recognise an allergic reaction and respond appropriately, was run by Benedict’s mum Helen Blythe.

‘Benedict’s Law’ will see the state institutions provide allergy pen stock, compulsory training, and a dedicated allergy policy.

Parents Helen and Peter Blythe said: “This is a huge moment for our family and for every child living with allergies. Children starting school this September will enter one of the safest education systems in the world for pupils with allergies.

“Allergies shaped Benedict’s short life and, ultimately, ended it. The law that carries his name will help stop that happening to other children.

“We know that schools are managing many competing demands, but keeping a child physically safe must rank among the very highest of their priorities whish is why we urge every school to take these changes seriously.

“This cannot become a tick-box exercise – training must leave staff able to recognise a reaction and confident enough to act. Policies must guide what happens every day, and individual healthcare plans must be understood by the people caring for each child.

“Behind every requirement is a real child and a family relying on their school to get this right. The difference between an allergy policy that exists on paper and one that is properly understood and followed can be the difference between life and death.

“We would give anything for the protections in Benedict’s Law to have been in place when Benedict started school. We cannot change what happened to him, but his name will now help protect generations of children who come after him.”

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A legal duty covering all schools is due to take effect in 2027, extending the requirements to independent schools and fee-paying special schools.

Benedict was given milk containing cow’s milk protein by a teacher, despite his allergy being known to the school in 2021. An inquest jury later found multiple failings, including a lack of training, his allergies not being communicated to people providing his care, his symptoms not being recognised, and delays in administering his medication.

Benedict’s family established the Benedict Blythe Foundation in his memory and have worked alongside allergy organisations, schools, clinicians, parliamentarians and the Government to campaign for national change.

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Benedict’s Law is intended to address the inconsistent protection previously experienced by children with allergies. Research by the Foundation found that half of schools did not hold spare adrenaline auto-injectors and one in three had no allergy policy.

Helen added: “September is not the end of this campaign – it is the moment implementation begins. The success of Benedict’s Law will not be measured by how many schools download a policy or record that training has been completed.

“It will be measured by whether children are safer, whether staff know what to do and whether parents can leave their children at the school gate knowing that every reasonable step has been taken to protect them.”

Emma Willis, Josh Widdicombe, and Johannes Radebe were seen filming the opening number for the launch show.

Willis, 50, was seen waving the Strictly glitterball trophy, ahead of the 2026 edition of the programme.

Strictly Come Dancing’s new hosts spotted filming

Strictly Come Dancing will return later this month with the trio at the helm as they take over from Tess Daly and Claudia Winkleman, who announced they were leaving the show late last year.

The TV presenter was seen wearing a sequinned beige dress and matching heels, with her short dark hair slicked back into a wet-look style.

Willis is flanked by her new colleagues as she sits in the buggy, with comedian Widdicombe looking mischievous at the wheel, wearing an all-black suit and shirt, brightened up with a colourful and patterned tie.

Former Strictly professional Radebe is all smiles as he perches at the back of the vehicle while showcasing a chic all-black ensemble, which has been dressed up with a matching sequinned belt and heeled boots.

The background has glimpses of classic cars and tropical imagery with palm trees, hanging fairy lights and floral displays, as well as hints of Strictly glitz and glamour with a sparkling silver star and disco ball.

The first look at the upcoming series comes ahead of the release of the annual Strictly Come Dancing trailer, which is expected in the coming days.

The snap was taken during filming for the launch show, which will feature a large opening number in which judges Shirley Ballas, Craig Revel Horwood, Motsi Mabuse and Anton Du Beke will showcase their dance moves.

Strictly recently revealed five new professional dancers joining the show this year: Aleksandra Isaeva, Cristian Priori, Lethabo Monametsi, Maddie Ingoldsby and Mark Karmalita.

They will make their debut participating in the opening routine, along with the 14 returning professionals.

The show is speculated to launch on September 19, with the celebrities meeting their partners for the first time on the dancefloor, rather than during a pre-recorded video.

The show is returning to how it operated before Covid, with the pairings being revealed through introductory videos filmed around the country since 2020.

The upcoming series has a star-studded line-up including former Love Island winner Dani Dyer-Bowen, actress Melanie Walters, former England footballer Shaun Wright-Phillips and Australian singer Delta Goodrem.

Strictly returns to BBC One and iPlayer in September.

Are you excited for the new hosts to take over Strictly Come Dancing? Let us know in the comments. 

Pretty much everyone on stage at the Metropolitan Opera in New York must audition — even the snake who will briefly take center stage in an upcoming adaptation of a Mozart classic.

In charge of deciding who gets the s-s-s-s-starring reptilian role is Zoe Ziegfeld, a carnival performer-turned-opera actor cast as the snake handler in the Met’s version of “Così fan tutte,” inspired by Coney Island in the 1950s.

Ziegfeld takes each snake, lets it slither and wrap around, then hoists the animal over their head, rehearsing what they will do under the bright lights at center stage for each performance. Ziegfeld looks each one in the eye, almost face-to-face as they evaluate the snake’s demeanor.

“I need to know that the animal is comfortable with people and with what we are doing,” Ziegfeld said.

Princess slithers into her big role

In the cold-blooded competition, a boa constrictor named Princess won. She is a larger snake with a better visual presence on stage.

“We will be moving forward with Princess (the big sun-glow boa constrictor who is yellow-peach) in rehearsals on a trial basis! She is a wonderful snake, and the trial is not about her, but rather about me and my strength,” Ziegfeld wrote in an email after the auditions were over.

A slightly smaller brown boa constrictor named Nala from a second audition will be Princess’ understudy.

A Mozart opera set at a 1950s Coney Island carnival

This is the third time Ziegfeld has played the role of the snake charmer in the Met’s adaptation of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart’s 1790 opera.

In Mozart’s original, two Italian soldiers decide to test their lovers’ fidelity by pretending to head off to war. They then disguise themselves and try to seduce each other’s girlfriends. In this version, the plot remains mostly the same, but the setting is a 1950s Coney Island carnival complete with vibrant scenery and sideshow performers.

Carnaval snake charmer turned opera performer

Ziegfeld came to the role honestly. They spent a couple of seasons on Coney Island doing eight snake-charming shows a day.

When they tried out several years ago, live snakes weren’t allowed in the audition space. So instead, Ziegfeld brought video of their snake-charming act, then hammered home their carnival sideshow bona fides by knocking a nail into their own nasal cavity in what was called the Human Blockhead act.

“The music’s different. The money is different. It’s a pleasure to entertain. And with snakes, it’s a delight to know that there are people watching who are in awe and people who are terrified. And those things happen at the Met and at Coney — so I would say they are more alike than different, to be honest,” Ziegfeld said.

Animals are important characters at some Met operas

The snakes came to their audition thanks to Nancy Novograd and her company All Tame Animals.

She got into the business when her horse appeared onstage at the Met in a production of “Carmen,” and now she provides the opera house with everything from elephants to insects.

The first two snakes to audition were a bit small. One might have clashed with Ziegfeld’s top. But the key is personality, Novograd said.

“Animals have to perform as do human talent. Sometimes they have a set type of behaviors that they have to demonstrate. And sometimes they just have to get along with the talent,” Novograd said. “So in this case, they have to be the right color, size, and Zoe has to like them.”

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Collins reported from Columbia, South Carolina.

At least two people have been killed after an explosion at a military barracks in Bolivia but authorities fear the toll could be higher.

Bolivian Defence Minister Ernesto Justiniano said at least 58 people had been injured when “pyrotechnic material” detonated at the barracks, where an artillery regiment is stationed, about 14:30 (18:30 GMT) on Friday.

Health official Rita Nebraska told local television between 10 and 15 people were believed to have died in the incident in Viacha, about 30km (19 miles) from La Paz, according to Reuters.

Police said dozens of homes had been damaged – largely windows shattered in the blast – and emergency workers are searching the rubble.

Nebraska said there was a risk of further explosion and urged people to stay at least 150m away from the military base.

Police spokesman Roger Roca told AFP news agency that fireworks had been stored at the barracks, and the cause of the blast remained under investigation.

Viacha’s authorities have declared three days of mourning.

The closely watched case of the Massachusetts mother who killed her three young children was on the verge of being declared a mistrial Friday — but there was still one more dramatic moment to come.

After weeks of grueling testimony, the jury could not get beyond an impasse on the seventh day of deliberations on murder charges against Lindsay Clancy. An audible gasp was heard in the courtroom as Judge William F. Sullivan said he was going to to end their deliberations without reaching a verdict.

But just as the jurors were about to come back to the courtroom, Lindsay Clancy’s lawyer asked to make a last-minute request for a higher court to stave off the mistrial. That kicked off a tense wait while a judge on the state’s top court considered the ask.

The whiplash moment was one last piece of courtroom drama in a livestreamed trial that captivated and divided many across the nation. And now prosecutors must decide whether to do it all over again with a second trial.

Ultimately on Friday, the high court denied the defense attorney’s appeal and the judge formally declared a mistrial later in the afternoon. Clancy’s attorney, Kevin Reddington, blamed a lone juror for the impasse. Defense attorneys argued in their written petition that the person had revealed a possible bias against those dealing with mental illness.

Clancy, a 36-year-old former labor and delivery nurse, never disputed that she killed her children, but her attorney said she was experiencing a rare condition called postpartum psychosis when she strangled her kids, the youngest just 8 months old, and then tried to take her own life in 2023. Prosecutors said Clancy knew what she was doing and should be held criminally responsible.

The jury foreperson had previously told Sullivan that a single juror wouldn’t follow the court’s instruction about reasonable doubt, according to Reddington.

In their last-minute appeal, Clancy’s lawyers had argued the juror should, at minimum, be questioned more thoroughly by the judge, or even dismissed outright before a mistrial was declared. Prosecutors responded that there was nothing in the jury’s notes indicating the juror in question had “a lack of impartiality, bias, extraneous influence, or inability to deliberate.”

Jurors had heard competing expert testimony about Clancy’s mental health.

Massachusetts defense attorney Joseph Perullo, who was not involved in the case, said it was “clear cut” for him, but he acknowledged that jurors could have difficulties.

“It’s clear that Lindsay had a psychotic break, and the psychotic break led her to kill her children,” he said. “But the prosecution can tell you that she sent her husband off for errands and therefore she is criminally responsible.”

Plymouth County District Attorney Timothy Cruz said after the mistrial was declared there would not be an immediate decision on whether to go forward with a second trial.

Perullo said he is hopeful prosecutors will speak to Patrick Clancy, the children’s father, and other family.

“It is a tremendous stress on them to do it again, and it’s going to be an even bigger circus,” he said.

But Crystal Lyons, a former prosecutor in Massachusetts, believes prosecutors don’t have the option not to retry Lindsay Clancy.

“At the end of the day, it was a tragedy where there were three young children who lost their lives,” she said.

Hosted at the Tower Festival Headland, the annual switch-on event saw comedian and TV presenter Paddy flick the switch on one of the resort’s biggest attractions, with a stunning fireworks display entertained a delighted audience.

Paddy described the experience of switching on the illuminations as a “proper full-circle moment”, recalling childhood trips to the resort with his father.

“Never in a million years did I think that one day I’d be the one turning them on.

“Thanks for having me, Blackers. You were bloody magnificent!”

Prior to his arrival, music performances entertained the crowds throughout the afternoon and evening.

Among those performing was singer-songwriter Lucy Spraggan, who described Blackpool as a place she had fond memories of visiting as a child.

Speaking before taking to the stage, she said: “We used to take a trip up to come and see the illuminations when I was younger, so I know what a big deal it is for the community and for people further afield.”

The performer, who was playing the final show of her summer tour, also praised the atmosphere in the town, adding: “Blackpool is one of those places that still has a really strong essence of community, and it’s stuff like this that bring people somewhere and make them feel involved.”

Crowds gathered for Blackpool Illuminations Switch On 2026 (Image: Martin Bostock Photography)

Lucy said seaside towns such as Blackpool remained a key part of British culture, adding: “I’ve always loved going to the arcade and just relaxing somewhere where it does feel like time hasn’t changed.”

Also appearing at the event were chart favourites The Feeling, who said they always enjoyed performing in the resort.

Reflecting on their long association with the town, the band said: “We’ve been playing here since about 2006. That’s a good 20 years we’ve been coming here on a regular basis, so yeah, we love it a lot.”

Discussing Blackpool audiences, the group added: “When you get to the north of England generally, you just get a kind of genuine, warm response from the audience. So they’re always really lovely to play to.”

The band also backed Blackpool’s bid to become UK City of Culture, with one member saying: “I think that would be great. I think that’s a really good idea. I’d love it to be Blackpool.”

The illuminations will now run nightly along six miles of Blackpool Promenade until January, with organisers expecting millions of visitors to travel to the resort during the season.

By JIMMY MCCLOSKEY, HEAD OF NEWS

Published: 20:40 BST, 4 September 2026 | Updated: 04:43 BST, 5 September 2026

President Trump has blasted Lindsay Clancy‘s killing of her three young children after the Massachusetts mother’s murder trial collapsed.

Speaking at the White House Friday, Trump said: ‘It’s a shame. It’s a horrible tragedy. I see what’s happened and it looks like it’s a hung jury. 

‘I think the judge has said it’s going to be a mistrial, so there’s going to be another trial.

‘It’s a terrible situation. Look, she did a horrible, horrible thing. 

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‘Can’t be worse. But you’ll find out what the price to pay is. There’ll be a price. It’s going to be mental institution or jail or something, but I guess they’re going to go through another trial.’

Clancy, 36, faces a retrial after a jury of nine women and three men were unable to agree on whether she was guilty of the murders or manslaughter of Cora, five, Dawson, three and 18-month-old Callan in Duxbury, Massachusetts, in January 2023. 

Judge William Sullivan declared a mistrial at Plymouth Superior Court on Friday afternoon. 

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President Donald Trump has branded the Lindsay Clancy case a ‘tragedy’ and said that the killer mom did a ‘horrible’ thing

Lindsay Clancy is pictured in court Friday after a mistrial was declared. She will likely face being retried for the killings of her three young children later this year 

Clancy admits strangling her children with exercise bands but denies it was murder. 

The former nurse said she was overmedicated while suffering from postpartum depression and that the cocktail of drugs she was prescribed brought on psychosis.

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She tried to kill herself by jumping out the upstairs window of the home she shared with ex-husband Patrick Clancy in the wake of the killings. 

The suicide attempt failed but left Clancy paralyzed and permanently confined to a wheelchair. 

Jurors spent more than 37 hours deliberating five-and-a-half weeks of evidence, with one refusing to side with the others late Thursday and early Friday. 

Clancy’s attorney Kevin Reddington sought an emergency order to try and force jurors to enter one final round of deliberations.

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Plymouth County District Attorney Tim Cruz (left) has doubled down on his allegation that Clancy is a cold-blooded murdered. Clancy’s defense attorney Kevin Reddington (right) says it will be impossible to find an impartial jury to retry her 

A hearing with a justice of Massachusetts’ Supreme Judicial Court was held, but quickly ruled in favor of Judge Sullivan’s original plan to declare a mistrial.

Prosecutor Tim Cruz has not yet confirmed that he plans to try Clancy again, but a retrial seems likely.

Speaking after the mistrial was declared, he maintained his view that Clancy’s killings of her children were cold-blooded, calculated murder.  

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The next hearing in the case has been scheduled for September 29.

Prosecutors could opt to try Clancy on identical charges – first and second-degree murder, as well as manslaughter.

They could seek to retry her on less serious charges, likely manslaughter. 

They may also opt to have a judge decide the verdict themselves, rather than put the case to a jury again. 

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Clancy’s trial attracted international attention.

On Friday afternoon, Reddington suggested it would be impossible to find an impartial panel of jurors to try a case that has attracted international attention.