Aristocrat Constance Marten says she showed baby daughter she is accused of killing ‘nothing but love’
by Amy-Clare Martin
Mar 07, 2024
3 minutes
Aristocrat Constance Marten has insisted she did nothing but show her baby love, adding: “I gave her the best that any mother would.”
The 36-year-old, who denies gross negligence manslaughter of her newborn daughter, wept in court as she told jurors she and her partner Mark Gordon had done nothing to harm their child – who she found lifeless inside her jacket while they lived off-grid in wintry conditions.
Giving evidence from the witness box at the Old Bailey on Thursday, the mother told jurors how she gave birth to her fifth child,
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