Constance Marten tells court she was gripped by 'fear and grief' and didn't 'dump' the body of her baby daughter in a Lidl bag
manchestereveningnews.co.ukConstance Marten has denied she 'dumped' the body of her baby daughter in a Lidl bag, saying she had been in the grip of “fear and grief”.
The aristocrat, 36, and her partner Mark Gordon, 49, are on trial after baby Victoria died while they were camping on the South Downs in wintry conditions last year.
They deny all the charges the face. Following their arrests last February, the baby's badly decomposed body was found in an allotment shed inside a Lidl supermarket bag also containing soil and rubbish. READ MORE: They found him dead three months ago...
and still don't know who he is Cross-examining Marten on Wednesday, prosecutor Joel Smith noted that a teddybear babygrow Victoria was seen on CCTV wearing was among the items recovered with Victoria’s “dumped” body.
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