Lindsay Clancy trial reaches breaking point over hold-out juror as defense lawyer declares: ‘I kicked the s*** out of their case’ – Live updates

Lindsay Clancy’s defense attorney, Kevin Reddington, insisted he does not want the case to end in a mistrial as he left court on Thursday.

‘I don’t want a mistrial. Why would I want a mistrial? I kicked the s*** out of their case,’ he said.

Reddington explained that the foreperson identified the holdout juror, who will be questioned by the judge Friday morning.

‘The juror has been identified by the note from the foreperson, and there will be an inquiry by the judge,’ he said.

‘I don’t know what his question is going to be. We’ll have an argument about it. I don’t think it’ll be at the sidebar think it’ll be in open court, which is my concern: that we have our arguments in open court, not at the sidebar.

‘It’s basically that there’s a person who has doubts but will not listen to the judge’s instruction.’

Kevin Reddington arrived at court with his entourage wearing a pink tie.

Clancy’s attorney filed a motion Friday morning asking the judge to end sidebars in this trial and to handle all related proceedings in open court.

Lindsay Clancy was wheeled up to the judge’s bench by her attorney Kevin Reddington on Thursday.

They watched with the prosecution as the judge asked each juror, one by one, whether they could follow the law on reasonable doubt. All 12 were heard agreeing.

As he left court, Reddington explained the decision to bring her up to the bench.

‘I just want to make sure she’s there and understands what’s going on,’ he said.

Thursday was a dramatic day in the trial as it emerged that one single juror is the holdout on reaching a unanimous verdict – and that the foreperson had told the judge that they were not listening to the rule of law when it comes to reasonable doubt.

For six days, the jury has been deliberating, and what was going on behind closed doors was a closely guarded secret.

Twice, the jury sent a message to the judge saying that they could not reach a unanimous verdict and were at an impasse – raising the possibility of a mistrial.

On Thursday afternoon, the jury foreperson sent a note to the judge saying that one of the 12 was not following the law on reasonable doubt. In a tense moment in the court, we all watched as Lindsay Clancy was taken up to the judge’s bench and each juror was brought in one-by-one and questioned by the judge at sidebar.

The judge then gave the panel a renewed instruction focusing on reasonable doubt before sending them back to resume deliberations. Then, after the jury left, defense attorney Kevin Reddington requested in court that the juror be dismissed.

It was a remarkable twist in the trial and has created a somewhat unprecedented situation where we partly know how the jury falls – 11 vs 1 – while they are still in the midst of deliberations.

Leaving court, Reddington said he expects a hearing on the matter this morning.