Constance Marten has heavily criticised her “biological family” in an extraordinary cross-examination carried out by her partner and fellow defendant Mark Gordon during their retrial at the Old Bailey. Gordon, who is not legally trained, led the questioning after a judge allowed it. He is now representing himself in the case and is not using...
Constance Marten has tearfully given her account of how her daughter Victoria died, and how she kept the body in a Lidl bag, during her retrial at the Old Bailey. She said that she was worried that people would think she was an “evil mother” or a “murderess.” She said she had just fed the...
Constance Marten has denied carrying her baby in a supermarket bag while on the run and said she considered handing the newborn to authorities, a court has heard. Asked if her baby, Victoria, had been carried in a red bag for life at any point, Marten said “absolutely not” and added: “No-one is going to...
Constance Marten’s newborn baby would have been exposed to “substantial climatic cold stress” in the first few days she spent camping on the South Downs in January 2023, a jury has heard. Professor George Havenith, an expert on clothing and cold exposure, told the jury that baby Victoria would have been at a “substantial risk...