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Baby Victoria was caught in the middle of a ‘toxic relationship’, court told
Mr Little KC tells a packed courtroom that baby Victoria was neglected amid her parent’s ‘toxic relationship’.Marten, 36, is wearing a white blouse and a plum scarf in the dock alongside Gordon, 49, wearing a blue shirt and navy tie.
Mr Little continued: “This was on the evidence, we say, a self-absorbed relationship between two selfish and arrogant individuals and caught in the middle of that toxic relationship was a baby who was manifestly not cared for properly.
“She was neglected and was exposed to dangerous conditions.
A freezing cold baby girl with just – we say – a single baby grow and one vest. No hat. A hat is never seen, a hat has never been found.”
Mark Gordon’s silence during trial was ‘deafening’, court told
The prosecutor claimed Mark Gordon “didn’t dare” give evidence because he did not want to face cross examination.“His silence was, we say, deafening in this case,” Mr Little told the jury.
Referring to Gordon’s police interviews, which were played to the jury at the start of the trial, he said:
“I lost count of the number of times that he told the police that he would leave his version to you and you alone…
“And when his time came to tell you, his jury, what had happened he said absolutely nothing. Nothing. Zip. Nada. Nothing about the death of his own daughter.”
Constance Marten trial enters final stages as judge summing up evidence - live
Marten and Gordon are accused of gross negligence manslaghter of the newborn
www.independent.co.uk