Constance Marten's newborn daughter, who she is accused of killing by failing to properly care for while allegedly on the run, has been seen for the first time in CCTV footage played to jurors. The aristocrat, 36, and boyfriend Mark Gordon, 49, are on trial at the Old Bailey charged with the manslaughter of baby Victoria.
Constance Marten's newborn daughter , who she is accused of killing by failing to properly care for while allegedly on the run, has been seen for the first time in CCTV footage played to jurors. The aristocrat, 36, and boyfriend Mark Gordon, 49, are on trial at the Old Bailey charged with the manslaughter of baby Victoria. She died while the pair criss-crossed the country in a 'selfish' bid to keep her after their four older children were all taken into care, it is claimed.
Despite hailing from a wealthy family - her father was a page to the late Queen - and having access to cash and bank cards, Marten is said to have spent hundreds on taxis taking them from the North West to Essex and on to east London instead of 'warmth and safety' for the infant. Last February, Marten and Gordon were arrested in East Sussex and the body of baby Victoria was found in a Lidl supermarket bag covered in rubbish inside a disused she
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