The Aristocrat Who Hid Her Dead Baby in a Lidl Bag
An heiress from one of Britain’s most privileged families went on the run with her newborn to keep social services away. Weeks later, police found the baby’s body stuffed inside a Lidl shopping bag in a Brighton allotment shed.
This episode tells the full story of Constance Marten and Mark Gordon: the 53-day manhunt, the freezing tent on the South Downs, the family court battles that came before, and the Old Bailey trials that ended with both parents jailed for 14 years.
What really happened to baby Victoria — and how far would two parents go to stay off the grid?
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