‘Selfish’ Couple Fleeing Social Services Let Baby Die While Camping in Midwinter, Trial Told

LONDON — A couple who went “off-grid” to hide a pregnancy from social services let their baby die after camping in freezing midwinter conditions, a trial has been told. Constance Marten, 36, and Mark Gordon, 49, have gone on trial at the Old Bailey in London after the body of their baby daughter was found in an allotment in Brighton last winter. The couple deny gross negligence manslaughter, concealing the birth of a child, causing or allowing the death of a child, wilful neglect of a child, and conspiracy to pervert the course of justice. On Thursday, prosecutor Tom Little, KC, told the jury the case involved the “entirely avoidable” death of a young baby.” Opening the prosecution case, he…