Elite partner Constance Marten He has refused to answer the prosecution questions on the death of his newborn.
Father, which is Represent After taking back his barrister in court, the prosecutor Tom Little Casey after giving evidence in his own defense earlier this week.
He went to the witness box old Bailey But before any question was asked, he announced: “Okay, this is the case. I have ended with my testimony.”
Judge Mark Lukraft Casey warned him that gamblers could conclude their decisions to reduce their evidence. However, he insisted that he was “closing his testimony” and returned to the dock.
His decision has also come after 38 -year -old Ms. Marten. Refused to complete his cross-examination By the prosecution, another prosecutor, Joel Smith KC, is called “devilish” and a “heartless human”.
Parents were run in January 2023 between a high-profile manhunt, while parents deny or allow their death of their daughter Victoria or allow her death.
The prosecution alleges that Victoria died of hypothermia or smiled taking co-dandens in the “flymy” tent, as they took a “off-grind” to the south to prevent her from taking care of her like four other children.
The disintegrated remains of Victoria were later snatched into a rubbish -filled shopping bag in a dissatisfied allocation shed.
In tearful evidence on Wednesday, Mr. Gordon convicted the police for setting up a series of “objectionable” incidents in Victoria’s death.
The father questioned who, while stating the jury, ordered him to launch a nationwide manhunt: “If that manhunt had not started, things would not have happened. I had no intention to live in the tent.
“Two parents who love their child to chase. We did not want the child to harm.
“It was a chase chase of events. We were not in the state of mind where a sound decision could be made.”
He said that he and Ms. Marten “excluded themselves” and “no one could guess” to ensure the good of the child. Crying in the witness box, Mr. Gordon said that he was treated like “demons” and what happened was dragged through a “scum” through a mud.
He also told the jury that his mother was a hard -working nurse, who was emotional and sympathetic and had created “compassion” in them.
He had said: “The idea of ​​me was not a matter. My mother had two or three houses. She always provided for us. She showed me sympathy.”
Without a certain address, the defendants denied their daughter’s gross negligence and caused or allowed her death between 4 January and 27 February 2023.
The gamblers have been told that the defendants were convicted in the test before hiding the birth of a child and completing the curriculum of justice.
Retory continues.
