Constance Marten and Mark Gordon now face five charges
An aristocrat and her partner are facing two more charges following the death of their baby daughter.
The pair were also charged with concealing a child’s birth and perverting the course of justice. Ahead of a hearing at the Old Bailey on Monday, it emerged that the defendants face new charges of child cruelty and causing or allowing the death of a child.It is claimed they caused the baby’s death by their own 'unlawful act' or failed to 'take such steps as could reasonably have been expected' to protect the baby.
They spoke only to confirm their identities. Marten wore a pink and white floral print shirt and Gordon a grey tracksuit for the short hearing.
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