The trials of Constance Marten - the Saturday Story

Born into an aristocratic family, Constance Marten and her unlikely partner Mark Gordon's became the target of a police manhunt launched to find them and their missing baby in January 2023. Their full story can now be told after the couple's criminal trial came to an end this week. Why did her life of privilege descend into such chaos?

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David Brown, Chief News Correspondent, The Times.Helen Rumbelow, Feature Writer, The Times. 

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