Lindsay Clancy case: was it evil, or severe mental illness?

One thing that I’ve been thinking about, and not sure if people have any thoughts on this, is this sort of case has happened countless times - a mother experiencing postpartum depression/psychosis has harmed herself and/or her children. I do wonder if one of the reasons that this case in particular has garnered so much attention is that it’s a middle-class, well educated white woman on the line. I do wonder if empathy would’ve been the same if it was a working class ethnic minority. It’s a bit like the Madeleine McCann case. Plenty of kids go missing but none generated as much interested as this little blonde girl who had doctor parents. I think it’s a good thing that the world is learning more about postpartum depression/psychosis but it also makes me sad that it’s taken this long.

Not necessarily, plenty of people are saying that mental illness is being used as an excuse and that she planned it carefully before committing the act. That isn’t my thoughts, but many others think that.

You can’t see the good in people becoming more aware of the symptoms surrounding postpartum depression/psychosis? You don’t think greater awareness of it could save lives? We know from academic studies that women are not taken as seriously as men when it comes to reporting mental illness or even physical pain. If anything this case has shown what can happen when mental illness is not managed properly and that could save lives.

She slit her own wrists and jumped out of the window afterwards which is why she is now paralysed in a wheelchair. This was obviously a mental breakdown.

I do still think she should go to jail or a mental health facility though.

She didn't jump out of the window.
She dangled out and slid down the wall.

Is that a fact? Genuine question. There were no witnesses and she can’t remember so how is that known?

She didn't jump out of the window.
She dangled out and slid down the wall.

Lindsay Clancy, what do we all think? Pure evil or mentally ill?

Is that a fact? Genuine question. There were no witnesses and she can’t remember so how is that known?

There is something deeply unsettling about this case. I can't tell if Patrick had something to do with the deaths or whether he is "just" totally checked out and tone deaf. Ive read he left her alone to go skiing and fired the nanny, all while she was struggling with small kids. He then moved away 3 months after the murders, sold their house and took all the money, plus loads of money raised online, and he's remarried before his first wife even has her verdict.
Meanwhile she's stuck in hospital, her parents paying her legal fees, paralysed forever, admitting to murders that she can't remember.
It just doesn't sit right with me.

I think the same but many of my friends disagree

She sought help and no one seemed to give it to her. I’ve a feeling husband was no help either. I remember with my first who never slept I was so sore all over they tested me for various illness to eventually tell me it was exhaustion. On telling my husband (ex now) he just walk away and nothing changed. Luckily I’m strong mentally.

Is that a fact? Genuine question. There were no witnesses and she can’t remember so how is that known?

That’s rubbish. She threw herself head first out of the window. Please listen to the doctors and nurses that attended her.

There is something deeply unsettling about this case. I can't tell if Patrick had something to do with the deaths or whether he is "just" totally checked out and tone deaf. Ive read he left her alone to go skiing and fired the nanny, all while she was struggling with small kids. He then moved away 3 months after the murders, sold their house and took all the money, plus loads of money raised online, and he's remarried before his first wife even has her verdict.
Meanwhile she's stuck in hospital, her parents paying her legal fees, paralysed forever, admitting to murders that she can't remember.
It just doesn't sit right with me.

There is something deeply unsettling about this case. I can't tell if Patrick had something to do with the deaths or whether he is "just" totally checked out and tone deaf. Ive read he left her alone to go skiing and fired the nanny, all while she was struggling with small kids. He then moved away 3 months after the murders, sold their house and took all the money, plus loads of money raised online, and he's remarried before his first wife even has her verdict.
Meanwhile she's stuck in hospital, her parents paying her legal fees, paralysed forever, admitting to murders that she can't remember.
It just doesn't sit right with me.