Constance Marten tells court she feels responsible for her baby’s death

Constance Marten and her partner, Mark Gordon, spent several weeks in a tent with their baby, during which time Victoria died. Photograph: Rex/Shutterstock

A mother whose baby died after she and the child’s father went off grid to stop authorities taking their daughter from them has told a jury she feels responsible.

Giving evidence in her trial for the gross negligence manslaughter of baby Victoria, Constance Marten said she had regrets over the way she had cared for the child, but said she was put in an impossible position by social services.