00:00 (gentle music)
00:02 A jury has been shown CCTV containing the first glimpses
00:16 of Constance Martin and Mark Gordon's baby.
00:18 Baby Victoria was later found dead
00:20 in a disused allotment shed in Brighton.
00:23 The couple became front page news in January, 2023,
00:27 when Greater Manchester Police
00:28 launched a missing persons inquiry
00:30 after finding a placenta in the couple's burnt out car
00:33 on a motorway near Bolton.
00:35 Martin, 36, and Gordon, 49,
00:38 are on trial for the gross negligence manslaughter
00:41 of baby Victoria,
00:42 as well as perverting the course of justice,
00:44 concealing the birth of a child, and child cruelty.
00:48 On January the 30th, 2024,
00:50 the jury was shown CCTV footage of the family arriving
00:54 by taxi in East Ham, London.
00:56 Gordon can be seen passing the baby out of a cab to Martin.
01:00 Further CCTV of Martin standing in the street
01:03 shows her unzipping her jacket to reveal the baby.
01:06 Jurors then viewed a clip of Martin sat at a table
01:09 in a German Doner kebab shop
01:11 while Gordon buys a buggy in Argos.
01:14 When Gordon returns, Martin puts the baby into the buggy.
01:17 They were later caught on CCTV
01:19 pushing the buggy in Whitechapel, London.
01:22 Gordon sat in the dock and covered his face with his hands
01:25 as the footage was shown in court.
01:27 The trial continues.
01:29 (music fades)
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