A runaway aristocrat and her partner plotted to blame the demise of their newborn baby daughter on “cot death” after they spent weeks living rough in freezing cold conditions while trying to evade police, a court has heard.
Constance Marten, 36, and Mark Gordon, 48, disappeared in December 2022 in a bid to avoid their baby being taken into care, and were sighted camping on the South Downs in -2C and carrying the infant around in a Lidl bag.
