Runaway aristocrat Constance Marten killed her baby accidentally by falling asleep while hiding in a tent on the South Downs, her retrial has heard.
11/03/2025
Aristocrat Constance Marten and her partner are responsible for the “entirely avoidable” death of their baby daughter, the couple’s retrial heard today.
10/03/2025
Aristocrat Constance Marten and her partner Mark Gordon have been found guilty at the Old Bailey of concealing the birth of a child and perverting the course of justice.
26/06/2024
The jury has been discharged in the trial of Constance Marten and Mark Gordon, who deny the manslaughter of their newborn baby.
19/06/2024
Runaway aristocrat Constance Marten has claimed her baby's death was a 'terrible accident', telling jurors that her "influential" family members with "connections in high places" supported social services when they took her children into care.
14/03/2024
Runaway aristocrat Constance Marten has defended her decision to live in a tent with her newborn baby.
13/03/2024
On-the-run aristocrat Constance Marten tearfully told a court today how she would have preferred her child had gone into care if she could have "foreseen the circumstances" of the infant’s death.
11/03/2024
A mother accused of killing her own baby has told a court she "gave her baby the best any mother could" and did "nothing but show her love".
07/03/2024
The defence in the trial of runaway wealthy aristocrat mother Constance Marten has begun at the Old Bailey today, as the jury was told there is 'no obligation' for a mother to register her pregnancy with the NHS.
06/03/2024
Fugitive aristocrat Constance Marten was advised by her partner to say their baby was the victim of "cot death", after the child died in her arms as she slept, a court has heard.
19/02/2024
Shocking footage has been released showing the moment runaway aristocrat Constance Marten's baby was discovered amid rubbish in a Lidl bag.
14/02/2024
Constance Marten's partner demanded food when he was arrested and was captured on video asking: "What's the big deal?" over questions about their missing baby, a court has heard.
06/02/2024
Constance Marten can be seen filling up a water bottle with petrol as she was on the run with her partner Mark Gordon and their newborn baby.
05/02/2024
Images of Constance Marten's baby have been shown for the first time during her trial.
30/01/2024
Runaway aristocrat Constance Marten looked "scruffy" as she browsed "skimpy" dresses in east London while 'on the run' with her partner and their newborn baby, the Old Bailey was told today.
30/01/2024
