37 h. ago Constance Marten’s partner attacked police officers in maternity ward, court told

Marten, 38, and Mark Gordon, 50, are charged with the manslaughter of their baby daughter Victoria, who died in a tent in early 2023

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38 h. ago Jury in Satchwell trial told to ‘consider carefully’ if accused telling truth

Richard Satchwell, of Grattan Street in Youghal, is accused of murdering his wife Tina between March 19 and 20 2017.

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5 d. ago Aristocrat Constance Marten’s partner refuses to answer prosecution questions over baby death

Mark Gordon, 50, refused to be cross-examined by the prosecution after giving evidence in his defence

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5 d. ago Aristocrat Constance Marten's partner Mark Gordon ends evidence early in baby manslaughter trial

Mark Gordon told the court ‘I’m finished with my testimony’ as he returned to the Old Bailey witness box

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5 d. ago Constance Marten’s partner refuses to answer prosecution questions

Constance Marten and Mark Gordon are charged with the manslaughter of their baby daughter Victoria, who died in a tent on the South Downs in 2023.

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7 d. ago Constance Marten’s partner suggested they ‘go together on pyre’ after baby death

Mark Gordon said he found their daughter Victoria had gone limp after they pitched a tent on the South Downs amid a national manhunt.

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7 d. ago Constance Marten’s partner claims baby only died because of police manhunt

‘We had become deranged a little bit. We were off our heads,’ Gordon told jurors

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8 d. ago Sean 'Diddy' Combs' personal assistant tells jury about guns, drugs and lie detector tests

A former personal assistant to Sean “Diddy” Combs has given a glimpse into the hip-hop promoter’s world when he worked for him nearly two decades ago

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9 d. ago Mothers falling asleep after breastfeeding ‘almost universal’, court hears

Constance Marten, 38, and Mark Gordon, 50, are on trial charged with the manslaughter of their baby daughter Victoria.

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1 week ago Diddy trial live: Cassie Ventura tells jury Sean Combs brought Britney Spears to her 21st birthday party

Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs’s ex-girlfriend is being cross-examined in Manhattan federal court today after nine hours at the stand on Wednesday

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2 w. ago Sleeping in tent with new baby ‘not reasonable parenting decision’, court told

Baby Victoria died from hypothermia or was smothered while co-sleeping in a ‘flimsy’ tent with Constance Marten and Mark Gordon, it is alleged.

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2 w. ago Convicted murderer accused of stabbing great uncle to death tells jury: “I was in the fight of my life”

Direece Roche, 30, denies the murder of Fintan McDwyer

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2 w. ago British man accused of stalking US influencer to Bali with rope in suitcase tells jury his 'creepy' unanswered messages were a 'joke' and claims she 'was trying to get my attention'

Alleged stalker Rob Keating, 39, told a court he was just being 'playful' when he made videos about abducting American travel influencer Alexandra Saper, 33.

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2 w. ago Erin Patterson’s daughter says accused mushroom poisoner was ‘very good’ cook, murder trial hears

Patterson’s son tells jury eye-fillet steak from leftovers of fatal lunch was ‘some of the best meat I’ve ever had’Get our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastErin Patterson’s children ate the leftovers of her beef wellington lunch after their mother and relatives fell ill eating the same meal the previous day, a court has heard.Videos of interviews the siblings gave separately to police on 16 August 2023 have been shown to the jury in Patterson’s triple murder trial. Continue reading...

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2 w. ago Dramatic moment weeping aristocrat Constance Marten is quizzed in court by lover jointly accused of killing their baby

Constance Marten, 37, was cross-examined by Mark Gordon, 50, today after he was allowed to represent himself in the case. They have both been charged with manslaughter.

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2 w. ago Constance Marten tells jury aristocratic family member ‘doesn’t want me alive’

The mother, who standing trial over the death of her baby while on the run, believes she was followed by private investigators who tampered with her car, a court heard

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2 w. ago Constance Marten says her family ‘will stop at nothing to get what they want’

Marten, 37, and her partner Mark Gordon, 50, deny the gross negligence manslaughter of their daughter Victoria.

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3 w. ago Mark Gordon to represent himself in retrial over death of baby with Constance Marten

Ms Marten claims she did not report their baby’s death as they camped off-grid on the South Downs because she did not want to be branded an ‘evil mother’

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3 w. ago Constance Marten tells manslaughter trial she 'feared being dubbed evil over baby's death'

Runaway aristocrat says she didnt’t hand herself into police for fear of being branded a ‘murderess’ and bought petrol as she considered cremating her baby

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3 w. ago Constance Marten tells jurors she feared being branded an ‘evil mother’

Marten, 37, and Mark Gordon, 50, are charged with the manslaughter of their daughter Victoria.

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