article_snippet: Portugese national Claudia Martins, 33, gave birth alone in the bath at birth sister's flat in Knowle, Bristol, having kept her pregnancy a secret for nine months.
article_snippet: Claudia Martins, 33, gave birth alone in the bath at birth , having allegedly kept her pregnancy a secret.
article_snippet: birth is on trial at Bristol Crown Court (pictured) accused of murdering baby .
article_snippet: Bristol Crown Court heard Martins repeatedly told hospital staff baby had not given birth or been pregnant.
article_snippet: Martins, who was described as having an extremely low IQ, was arrested and admitted that baby had given birth, but said a newborn baby inside a small black suitcase was stillborn.
article_snippet: Martins, who denies a single charge of murder on September 12 last year, wept during the opening of baby trial at Bristol Crown Court today.
article_snippet: was later arrested after Bristol Royal Infirmary (pictured) discovered the body of a newborn baby girl in a suitcase . 'a newborn baby inside a small black suitcase had been born three days earlier to the defendant, Claudia Martins. '
article_snippet: In Martins Martins became pregnant and the father of a newborn baby inside a small black suitcase was later identified by DNA analysis as Polish man Jacob Kucmus. 'a newborn baby inside a small black suitcase was full term when born on September 12 2014,' Mr Vaitilingam said. '
article_snippet: Friends and family suspected that Martins was pregnant
article_snippet: Martins sister, Vilma, was pregnant with a baby girl at the same time and gave birth a week before Martins did.
highlights_snippet: Mother-of-five, aged 33, had hidden Claudia Martins pregnancy from friends and family .
  
highlights_snippet: Claudia Martins stuffed baby's body in a suitcase where baby's body was found three days later .
  
highlights_snippet: Claudia Martins denies murder, claims Claudia Martins panicked because baby was stillborn .