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Evening Standard
Evening Standard
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Tristan Kirk

Aristocrat Constance Marten and partner Mark Gordon deny manslaughter of baby

An aristocrat accused of killing her new-born baby told the Old Bailey she is “absolutely not guilty” as she and her partner appeared in the dock to deny all charges. Constance Marten and Mark Gordon are accused of the manslaughter of baby Victoria, who was found dead in Brighton on March 1 at the end of a lengthy search for the couple.The baby’s remains were discovered in a plastic bag in a locked shed at an overgrown allotment in the Hollingbury area of the East Sussex seaside city.

The couple appeared in the dock at the Old Bailey on Thursday afternoon to enter pleas to a series of charges.

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