Baby Reindeer’s real-life Martha is considering legal action over the show in which she is portrayed as a terrifying stalker.
15.04.2024 - 19:25 / manchestereveningnews.co.uk
Fugitive aristocrat Constance Marten has been accused in court of "grand-standing on a premier league level" and telling "big fat lies" over the death of her daughter. Baby Victoria "did not stand a chance" when Marten and her partner Mark Gordon went on the run and lived off-grid in a "flimsy" tent on the South Downs last winter, prosecutor Tom Little KC said.
On March 1 last year, the little girl was found dead inside a supermarket "bag for life" wearing only a soiled nappy and hidden beneath "waste and detritus", the Old Bailey was told. Mr Little said that Marten, 36, had lied to the jury about what happened while 49-year-old Gordon "did not dare" to give evidence, with his "silence deafening".
In a closing speech on Monday April 15, Mr Little said: "Lies fell from her mouth like confetti in the wind when she gave evidence." He told jurors not to be distracted by comparisons between the conditions in the defendants' tent and people surviving in other parts of the world.
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Referring to Marten's evidence, he said: "Jesus was born in a barn, yes, but Bethlehem is hardly a skiing destination. Tents in Calais are going to have fires next to them. All those attempts by Constance Marten to draw analogies all fail at the first hurdle."
The reality was that Victoria was "neglected and exposed to dangerous conditions", jurors were told. Mr Little said: "A freezing cold baby girl with just a single babygrow and one vest. No hat."
It was no coincidence the only clothes found by police with Victoria's body were those she was seen wearing on CCTV, he said. Turning to the defendants, the prosecutor said: "This
Baby Reindeer’s real-life Martha is considering legal action over the show in which she is portrayed as a terrifying stalker.
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