Constance Marten trial latest: Baby Victoria 'did not stand a chance', court told
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manchestereveningnews.co.ukFugitive aristocrat Constance Marten has been accused in court of "grand-standing on a premier league level" and telling "big fat lies" over the death of her daughter.
Baby Victoria "did not stand a chance" when Marten and her partner Mark Gordon went on the run and lived off-grid in a "flimsy" tent on the South Downs last winter, prosecutor Tom Little KC said.
On March 1 last year, the little girl was found dead inside a supermarket "bag for life" wearing only a soiled nappy and hidden beneath "waste and detritus", the Old Bailey was told.
Mr Little said that Marten, 36, had lied to the jury about what happened while 49-year-old Gordon "did not dare" to give evidence, with his "silence deafening".
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