A retired nurse allegedly filmed jurors from inside her car as they left the courthouse during the Lindsay Clancy trial, prosecutors said.
Dawn Light, 56, pleaded not guilty to a charge of aggravated intimidation of a juror, court records show.
Light allegedly pulled her blue Toyota into a restricted area of the court premises on Tuesday afternoon, according to prosecutor Nicole Piacentini.
The Clancy supporter allegedly took photos and recorded video from inside the car as jurors were leaving court, according to the prosecutor.
Police officers approached the car and questioned the defendant, prosecutors said. She was adamant that she was not filming jurors but waiting to see if Clancy would come out of the building, Piacentini claimed.
Officers then examined the inside of her mobile phone, according to the prosecution.
Police found a video of jurors walking out stored inside her deleted folder, Piacentini alleged.
Defense attorney Jennifer White disputed the allegations and brushed off the incident as a complete misunderstanding, according to court proceedings.
“My client was seeking a picture of Ms. Clancy and had no intention of any interactions with the jurors,” White said.
Prosecutors asked the court to set bail at $50,000, records show. The judge shot down the request, court records show.
The judge ordered Light to stay away from the courthouse, witnesses and jurors, according to court proceedings.
The defendant is only allowed to return to the court building for her own hearings, court records show.
If convicted of the intimidation charge, Light faces up to 20 years behind bars, according to records.
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Light, a self-proclaimed crime junkie, told CT Insider that she previously attended other widely publicized trials, including those of Alex Murdaugh and Karen Read.
The retired nurse did not return a request for comment, The Post reported.
The courtroom incident follows years of tragedy for Light, who lost her husband and son in the span of five years, according to NBC.
Her husband, Daniel, died in 2013 from complications stemming from ALS, the network reported.
In January 2017, her 22-year-old son, Zachary, died from a seizure, NBC reported.
In April 2017, Light spoke to NBC after visiting her son’s burial site at Central Cemetery in Millbury, Mass., the outlet reported.
The ground caved in on top of her child’s grave while she mourned, causing her to collapse into the plot above his casket, according to the report.
“Beyond unfathomable, beyond, beyond unfathomable,” Light told the outlet. “I had to dig to get myself out of a hole.”
“How can my baby be at peace?” Light asked, according to the outlet.
The Clancy trial ended in a mistrial on Friday after jurors deliberated for 40 hours, Judge William Sullivan announced.
Jurors notified the judge they were deadlocked for a third time, prompting him to rule a hung jury in the case, according to court proceedings.
Clancy, 36, does not deny fatally strangling Cora, 5, Dawson, 3, and 8-month-old Callan in the basement of their Duxbury home on Jan. 24, 2023, court records show.
Her defense argued she killed the children during postpartum psychosis amplified by prescription medications and asked the panel for a verdict of not guilty by reason of insanity, records show. Prosecutors argue that she carefully planned out the killings, according to proceedings.
Clancy’s next hearing is set for Sept. 29, court records show.
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