Constance Marten: Aristocrat accused of killing newborn says babies ‘don’t require that much to survive’
by Tara Cobham
Mar 14, 2024
3 minutes
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An aristocrat accused of killing her newborn baby has defended the conditions her daughter was left in while she and her partner were on the run, telling jurors: “Babies don’t require that much to survive.”
Constance Marten, 36, and her partner, Mark Gordon, 49, are accused of gross negligence manslaughter after their daughter Victoria died while they were camping on the South Downs in wintry conditions last year.
During , the 36-year-old told jurors on Thursday: “People
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