Constance Marten tells jury she ‘absolutely’ loved baby

Constance Marten has told the jury at her retrial that she “absolutely” loved her baby daughter and she and Mark Gordon did everything they could to protect her.
She also said that her four other children had been “stolen by the state”, and described her family, which she did not want to be part of, as “bigoted”.
Marten, 37, and Mark Gordon, 50, deny gross negligence manslaughter and causing or allowing the death of a child.
They are facing a retrial at the Old Bailey. Marten had been due to start giving evidence on Tuesday but complained of a toothache and headache.
In their first trial, they were found guilty of concealing the birth of a child and perverting the course of justice by not reporting the death of their baby.

Source: BBC | Language: English