Constance Marten examined by partner Mark Gordon about baby death

Constance Marten criticized her wealthy “biological family” in an extraordinary cross -interpretation, which was carried out by her partner and complained Mark Gordon during her resumption at the old Bailey.

She accused her family of the prejudice and hired private detectives to follow her.

Gordon, who is not legally trained, was able to check his partner after submitting his questions to the judge and received the approval. He no longer uses lawyers in the process and instead represents himself.

Marten, 37, and Gordon, 50, deny both homicide through gross negligence on the death of their child Victoria, whose body was found in a Brighton shed in March 2023.

They also deny that a child causes or allowed a child's death. The couple has four other children who were removed from social services.

They were previously found to be found in March.

Under the survey of Gordon in court on Thursday, Marten described how “Hell broke out” with her family when she returned pregnant with her first child from Peru in 2017.

She said she had become “very anxious” after her car had “exploded” in January 2023. She said 15 former vehicles had also bothered under mysterious circumstances and they had found a GPS tracker on at least one of them.

She also mentioned a nameless family member that she “didn't want me to have lively” after talking about her in the past.

The jury heard that the couple lived in a tent in Wales before the birth of Victoria. The other children of the couple had been removed from them by then.

“The only reason why we ended up in Wales was that this person I am convinced was behind the explosion of the car,” said Marten.

She said her family hired two companies of private detectives and she felt “like a cat and mouse game”.

Some of her relatives saw them as embarrassment, she told the court and added that “some people from privileges believe they were over the rules”.

“You have it against these people who don't stop and have endless resources and connections, and I don't think I can get away from them.”

She said her family trust also told her: “If you still have this black friend with you, you will never get a property”.

She also said that she and Gordon “received a large amount of prejudices from people, especially from my family”.

Marten said the police, who started after the birth of Victoria after her car was caught fire, meant that people started to recognize them and decided to sleep in the south in a tent.

“It was just a Pitstop for a few days to get away from curious eyes,” she said.

In response to Gordon and asked if she wanted to harm the baby, Marten replied: “No, of course not.”

When asked whether the baby always had a priority, she said “absolutely” and therefore wanted to keep it longer than to take it away.

“She was a big baby. Healthy. Strong,” she said.

The prosecutors claimed that Victoria had died of hypothermia or was suffocated in the co-sleep in the tent. They argued that the child was insufficiently dressed and Marten got wet when he wore the baby under her coat.

After a few days, Marten died in the tent after a few days after she fell asleep about her.

In response to Gordon's questions, she said: “I only have black. I flopped my forehead on the floor. I think that could have happened anywhere.”

Gordon asked: “Was it clear from the baby's position that the baby was suffocated in relation to itself?”

She replied and said, “That was my assumption because I woke up.

“I don't know how she died, but that was my assumption.”

In the weeks after death, she said that the couple slept in the tent and moved every few days. They carried their dead daughter's body in a Lidl bag.

In the afternoon, Marten was faced with the crucifixion of the prosecutor. She repeatedly accused Joel Smith KC to be patronizing.

Mr. Smith asked her if she hidden her baby's body under a garbage in a shopping bag and said: “It was a rather loathless thing with her body, wasn't it?”

Marten replied: “If you go this path that shows the kind of person you are.”

Then she said later: “To be honest, your honor, I have this whole process tired. I just find it [Smith] Hideous. I just don't like how he speaks to me. “

Towards the end of the session, she said: “I'm so sorry that I will not go on. I am at a break. I understand that I am being persecuted under criminal law, but I will not sit here and be spoken so.”

The judges warned them that if she stopped giving evidence, this could affect how her previous evidence could be viewed.

The attempt is to be continued next Tuesday.