Constance Marten has denied she 'dumped' the body of her baby daughter in a Lidl bag, saying she had been in the grip of “fear and grief”.
23.02.2024 - 06:55 / manchestereveningnews.co.uk
A fugitive aristocrat was given almost £50,000 from her trust fund in the months before she disappeared with her partner and newborn baby, a trial has heard. Constance Marten was given £47,886 by C. Hoare & Co between September 1 2022 and January 17 2023.
Marten, 36, and Mark Gordon, 49, went on the run with their daughter Victoria after their car burst into flames near Bolton, Greater Manchester, last January. A national police appeal to find them was launched.
The Old Bailey has heard how the pair went on to sleep in a tent, in a bid to keep the baby, after Marten’s four other children were taken into care. When the couple were eventually arrested in Brighton, East Sussex, they initially refused to say where their child was or whether she was alive or dead.
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However, last March 1, Victoria’s remains were found in a Lidl supermarket bag inside a disused shed on an allotment. The jury heard during evidence from police financial investigator Detective Constable Steve Ferguson on Thursday that Marten is the beneficiary of a family trust, and she was given a monthly stipend, but ad hoc payments could also be given if Marten asked for them.
A monthly allowance of £2,500 was initially given in September 2022, and some of the money could be given early then deducted from the next payment if Marten requested it, the court heard.
A sum of £1,200 was transferred in November for the storage of Marten’s belongings, there were a number of emails about the purchase of a car in December, before £15,590 was transferred and £13,596 was sent for camera/filming equipment and a laptop.
The allowance then rose to £3,400 a month, before C. Hoare & Co began to send emails
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