A psychiatrist affiliated with Delaware’s Nemours Children’s Health resigned after testifying for the prosecution in the Lindsay Clancy murder trial, a health system official confirmed.
Avram Mack evaluated Clancy before the trial and testified in a Plymouth, Massachusetts, courtroom on Aug. 21. He also testified remotely via Zoom on Aug. 24.
“Avram Mack is no longer employed by Nemours Children’s Health, he resigned on Monday, August 24th,” Nemours spokesperson Shelley Meadowcroft said in an email.
The Patriot Ledger, which is covering the trial, reported that Mack told jurors he believed Clancy understood that what she was doing to her children was wrong.
Psychiatrist testifies about Clancy’s mental health
Clancy is charged with three counts of first-degree murder in the deaths of her children: 5-year-old Cora, 3-year-old Dawson and 8-month-old Callan.
Mack testified that he saw no evidence of psychosis in Clancy’s medical records and that he would not have diagnosed her as bipolar, according to The Patriot Ledger, part of the USA TODAY Network.
Clancy’s defense attorney, Kevin Reddington, reportedly had a contentious cross-examination of Mack over the definition of “postpartum depression.”
The jury began deliberations Aug. 27 but was dismissed for the weekend.
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