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Emily Pennink

Revealed: Constance Marten had shattered spleen in ‘domestic abuse incident’

Court artist sketch of Constance Marten (Elizabeth Cook/PA) - (PA Wire)

Constance Marten suffered a “shattered spleen” in a suspected domestic abuse incident when she was 14 weeks pregnant, it can now be disclosed.

Marten, 38, had repeatedly claimed she went on the run with her convicted rapist partner Mark Gordon, 51, to “protect” their newborn daughter Victoria, after their four other children were taken into care.

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