Jurors have seen first brief glimpses of a newborn baby who died after her parents went on the run.
Constance Marten, 36, and her partner Mark Gordon, 49, are on trial at the Old Bailey accused of the manslaughter of baby Victoria.
It is alleged the couple travelled across England and lived off-grid in a bid to keep their daughter after four other children were taken into care.
They became front-page news last January when Greater Manchester Police launched a missing persons inquiry after finding a placenta in the couple’s burnt-out car on a motorway near Bolton.
The defendants spent hundreds of pounds on taxis taking them from the North West to Essex and on to east London, the Old Bailey has heard.
Last February, Marten and Gordon were arrested in East Sussex and the body of baby Victoria was found in a Lidl supermarket bag covered in rubbish inside a disused shed.
Previously, CCTV of the couple appeared to show a bulge where the baby had been bundled up beneath Marten’s coat and wrapped in a blanket or towel.
On Tuesday, jurors were shown video footage clearly showing the dark-haired child dressed in a babygrow, with her hands and arms moving around.
Cab driver Colette Franklin, who took the defendants from Harwich to Colchester for £30, described how Gordon “slid down his seat” when a police car came towards them.
On arriving at East Ham, Gordon passed the baby out of another cab to Marten, who was standing near the door.
Baby Victoria’s fingers were seen in the footage curling and moving around.
Further CCTV of Marten standing in the street showed her unzipping her jacket to reveal the baby.
She appeared to cradle the child in her arms to comfort her.
Jurors then viewed a clip of Gordon buying a buggy in Argos while Marten sat at a table in a German doner kebab shop.
When Gordon returned, Marten put the baby down, wrapped in a red scarf.
Prosecutor Joel Smith told jurors: “You can see while Ms Marten is assembling the buggy the baby’s arms moving to her left.”
