I showed my baby nothing but love, Constance Marten tells Old Bailey jury

Woman on trial with her partner, Mark Gordon, for manslaughter of infant Victoria says she gave her ‘the best any mother would’

Constance Marten, whose daughter Victoria died after she and the baby’s father went off the grid in freezing winter weather to evade authorities, has denied ever harming her child, telling a jury she had shown her nothing but love during her short life.

Marten was giving evidence at the Old Bailey on Thursday, as she and her partner, Mark Gordon, stand trial for the manslaughter of the child in 2023. Gordon declined to give evidence earlier in the week.