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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Ellie Ng

Constance Marten tells court ‘my children were stolen by the state’

Aristocrat Constance Marten has told jurors she moved from place to place with her newborn girl to prevent the baby from being taken into care, claiming her other children were “stolen by the state”.

Marten, 37, and Mark Gordon, 50, are charged with the manslaughter of their daughter Victoria, who died after they went off-grid in early 2023.

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