Maryland siege: Kaillin Clancy armed himself with knives, live streamed confrontation, shot at police

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Updated January 14 2021 - 2:08am, first published January 13 2021 - 4:30pm
STAND OFF: Police outside the home at Maryland after the siege in July last year. Kaillin James Clancy has pleaded guilty to a string of offences, including shooting at police. Picture: Jonathan Carroll
STAND OFF: Police outside the home at Maryland after the siege in July last year. Kaillin James Clancy has pleaded guilty to a string of offences, including shooting at police. Picture: Jonathan Carroll

WITH the police outside attempting to negotiate with him and his terrified family upstairs, an irrational and armed Kaillin James Clancy live streamed on Facebook some of the confrontations he was having with officers on the front lawn of a home at Maryland during a tense siege in July last year.

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Sam Rigney

Court Reporter

Sam began his Newcastle Herald career as a night police reporter in 2011. He is an experienced court reporter who has won two national court reporting awards, including the Kennedy Award for Outstanding Court Reporting for his coverage of the Hunter's worst serial rapist. Before working at the Herald, Sam was a sports journalist with the Maitland Mercury where he won awards for his coverage of the Newcastle Rugby League salary cap scandal. Sam is a Novocastrian born-and-bred.

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