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Constance Marten explains how she and her partner Mark Gordon planned to lie to Police. Constance Marten and Mark Gordon deny causing the death of their newborn child.

On Constance Marten's final day of giving evidence she explained to the jury how she and her partner Mark Gordon told each other to lie to police after baby Victoria died.
Ms Marten, from Dorset, and Mr Gordon, from London, are charged with causing the death of their newborn child after a baby鈥檚 body was found in a shed on an allotment near Brighton in March 2023.
Both deny the charges against them.

Presenter and Producer: Luke de Costa
Writer and Reporter: Jo Palmer
Graphics: Ed Houghton
Executive Producer: Peter Cooke

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