Constance Marten denies endangering baby: ‘I did nothing but show her love’
by Emily Pennink
Mar 07, 2024
4 minutes
On-the-run mother Constance Marten has wept in court as she denied endangering her baby, saying: “I did nothing but show her love.”
The aristocrat, 36, and her partner Mark Gordon, 49, are on trial over the death of baby Victoria while living off-grid in a tent on the South Downs in wintry conditions last year.
Victoria was found dead in a Lidl bag last March 1 after the couple had been on the run for seven weeks in a bid to prevent her being taken into care as four siblings had been.
On Thursday, Marten went into the witness box at the to give evidence in her defence.
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