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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Amy-Clare Martin

Wealthy aristocrat Constance Marten had been living in ‘unsanitary’ tent when pregnant with first baby, jury told

Constance Marten and Mark Gordon deny gross negligence manslaughter or causing or allowing the death of their newborn daughter - (PA)

A wealthy aristocrat on trial over the death of her fifth child was living in a damp tent in a woodland littered with bottles of urine until the birth of her first child, a court has heard.

Jurors were told Constance Marten and her partner Mark Gordon arrived at a hospital in Wales in the early stages of labour in 2017, claiming her name was Isabella O’Brien and she was part of the travelling community.

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