Constance Marten tells manslaughter trial she ‘gave baby best any mother would’

Constance Marten, the aristocrat accused of killing her newborn daughter, has told jurors at the Old Bailey today she ‘gave her baby the best any mother could’.

Marten, 36, and partner Mark Gordon, 49, are charged with the manslaughter of baby Victoria, who died while they criss-crossed the country in a ‘selfish’ bid to keep her after their four older children were all taken into care, it is said.

Despite hailing from a wealthy family – her father was a page to the late Queen – and having access to thousands in a trust fund, the couple are said to have resorted to rifling through bins for food and scavenging for furniture stuffing to keep warm while staying ‘off grid’ in freezing temperatures.