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Aristocratic Couple on Trial for Newborn's Death

Constance Marten and Mark Gordon accused of causing their baby's death while on the run in freezing conditions.

  • Constance Marten and her partner, Mark Gordon, are on trial for the death of their newborn baby, who died while the couple were on the run in freezing conditions.
  • The couple had previously had four children taken into care and are accused of concealing the birth of their fifth child, cruelty, manslaughter and perverting the course of justice.
  • The baby's body was found in a shopping bag in a disused shed, covered in rubbish.
  • The couple allegedly went 'off-grid', living in a tent with hardly any clothes, no means of keeping warm and dry, and with scarcely any food.
  • The couple deny all charges and the trial continues.
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