British aristocrat denies carrying baby in supermarket bag while on the run
British aristocrat Constance Marten has denied carrying her newborn girl in a supermarket bag while on the run, calling it “absolutely absurd ”.
Marten (37) and Mark Gordon (50) are charged with the manslaughter of their daughter Victoria, who died after they went off-grid in early 2023 година warnings.
The child’s body was discovered with rubbish inside a shopping bag in a disused shed near Brighton after the defendants were arrested on February 27th, 2023.
Giving evidence on Monday, Marten told jurors she and Gordon made the decision to flee to the countryside on January 7th, 2023, while in London because they had “so many people looking at us ”.
A buggy that Victoria had been carried in was abandoned before they took a taxi from Whitechapel to Green Lanes in the Haringey area of the British capital, the court heard.
Marten said that Gordon had held the baby on his chest under his jacket in a sling during that time, and that she had done so...
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