Ken Hudson, a van driver who witnessed Marten and her partner Mark Gordon s Peugeot 206 go up in flames, told jurors at the Old Bailey he stopped to help on the M61 in Greater Manchester.
Constance Marten, 36, and Mark Gordon, 49, spent nearly two months camping in a blue tent in the South Downs near Brighton before the baby allegedly froze to death, the Old Bailey was told.
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The couple booked the holiday cottage in Northumbria on December 20, 2022 and asked to check in that night, its owner, Maria Richardson, told the Old Bailey.