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It's been a quiet week at the Old Bailey in London. Constance Marten and Mark Gordon deny the manslaughter of their baby Victoria.

The judge continues to summarise the case before the jury is due to leave the courtroom and begin their deliberations.

Constance Marten, from Dorset, and Mark Gordon, from London, are charged with causing the death of their new born child after a baby’s body was found in a shed on an allotment near Brighton in March 2023.

Both deny the charges against them.

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"Even witnesses are quite chaotic" - Former Major Crime Detective Paul Barton (from 00:19:20) https://t.ly/p0iEy
"I found her hair on a twig" - Expert Witness Professor Patricia Wiltshire (from 00:09:30) https://t.ly/XeO5g
"I go away feeling quite empty" - Former Senior Officer Colin Sutton who led London Metropolitan Police's murder squad (00:11:35) https://t.ly/ruB1t
"We try to recover a memory" - Forensic Psychologist Becky Milne from the University of Portsmouth (from 00:13:20) https://t.ly/vBjHB
"I had to remember 13 different faces" - Court Artist Julia Quenzler (from 00:11:35) https://t.ly/cg5oy
"To be a witness is horrendous" - Former Chief Crown Prosecutor Nick Hawkins (from 00:13:20) https://t.ly/0fkUC

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

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