Baby girl died due to negligent conduct of parents who went on run, court told

Infant ‘never stood a chance’ after her parents went off-grid in freezing conditions, Old Bailey jurors told

A newborn baby girl died due to “the reckless, utterly selfish, callous, cruel, arrogant and ultimately grossly negligent conduct” of her parents, who went on the run and lived off-grid in a tent, a court heard.

After the baby girl died, Constance Marten, 36, and Mark Gordon, 49, allegedly left her in an disused shed inside a shopping bag and covered in rubbish “as if she was refuse”, an Old Bailey jury was told.