Baby ‘screaming in distress’ as on-the-run parents refused help, court told

Constance Marten, left, and her partner Mark Gordon, right, were allegedly motivated by a ‘selfish’ desire to keep their daughter after four other children were taken into care (Elizabeth Cook/PA)

A newborn baby cried “in distress” as her on-the-run parents refused help days before she was found dead in a shopping bag, a court has heard.

Wealthy Constance Marten, 36, and her partner Mark Gordon, 49, were allegedly motivated by a “selfish” desire to keep their daughter Victoria after four other children were taken into care.