Aristocratic Couple on Trial for Newborn's Death

Overview

• 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.