Trial of aristocrat and partner over baby death due to open

The pair also face charges of perverting the course of justice, concealing the birth of a child, child cruelty and causing or allowing the death of a child.

A court artist sketch of Constance Marten (left) and Mark Gordon (right), seated with a dock officer, in the dock at the Old Bailey at an earlier hearing (Elizabeth Cook/PA)

The trial of an aristocrat and her partner accused of over the death of their baby daughter is expected to start on Wednesday.

Constance Marten, 36, and Mark Gordon, 49, face trial after baby Victoria was found dead on an allotment in Brighton, East Sussex, last March.