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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Amy-Clare Martin

Mark Gordon to represent himself in retrial over death of baby with Constance Marten

A father accused of taking his newborn daughter off-grid in winter with aristocrat Constance Marten will represent himself in his retrial over the death of the infant, a court heard.

Jurors at the Old Bailey were told on Tuesday that Mark Gordon’s previous barrister John Femi-Ola KC and his junior Jodie-Jane Hitchcock had “withdrawn” from the case and that the defendant has chosen to represent himself.

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