Baby was at risk in wet, cold tent, says expert

CONSTANCE Marten's baby could have been exposed to a “substantial risk of hypothermia” in a tent on the South Downs, an expert has said.

- EMILY PENNINK

Marten, 37, and Mark Gordon, 50, are accused of the manslaughter of their daughter Victoria, who died after they went off-grid in early 2023.

The Old Bailey has heard how the couple had gone to the south coast to avoid their fifth child being taken into care amid a high-profile police hunt for the missing baby.

It is alleged Victoria was inadequately clothed in a babygrow and that Marten, who grew up in the Dorset aristocracy, had got wet as she carried the baby underneath her coat.