‘Aristocrat’s trust fund paid for 270 mile taxi trip’

An aristocrat and her lover used trust fund payments to take a 270 mile taxi from Liverpool to Essex after their car was found burning on the M61 near Manchester, a court heard. Constance Marten, 36, and Mark Gordon, 49, are accused of killing their newborn baby Victoria by taking her on the run to prevent her being taken away by social services. The baby’s placenta was found in an exploded car on a Manchester motorway sparking a huge police…