US EditionConstance Marten and Mark Gordon jailed for 14 years each after killing their newborn daughter
Constance Marten, 38, and Mark Gordon, 51, were convicted of gross negligence manslaughter and sentenced after their newborn daughter died of hypothermia in 2023, the court heard.
- On Monday, Judge Mark Lucraft KC sentenced Constance Marten, 38, and Mark Gordon, 51, to 14 years each at the Old Bailey, with Gordon receiving an additional four years on extended licence.
- While on the run, Marten and Gordon fled after their car burned near Bolton on January 5, 2023, sleeping in a tent on the South Downs where baby Victoria died in January 2023.
- The court found that Constance Marten and Mark Gordon were convicted of manslaughter, child cruelty, concealing the birth, and perverting the course of justice after trials at the Old Bailey; the judge accepted Victoria died of `significant cold stress`, and her decomposed remains were found in a shopping bag.
- Judge Mark Lucraft KC branded Marten and Gordon selfish with no remorse; both will likely serve six years, and Gordon stays on the sex offender register with licence supervision.
- Court papers revealed that Mark Gordon has a violent history including 1989 offences and a 2017 maternity unit incident, while Constance Marten accessed �47,886 and faced past care proceedings.
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In July, British aristocracy daughter Constance Marten (38) and her 51-year-old friend Mark Gordon were convicted of manslaughter. They were fleeing the police for weeks with their newborn daughter. The little girl did not survive the hardships in icy temperatures. On Monday, the sentence was announced. The child's parents were sentenced to 14 years in prison. Judge Mark Lucraft stated in his sentence that both "have neglected their baby Victori…
British aristocrat Constance Martin and her partner Mark Gordon were sentenced today to 14 years in prison for the manslaughter of their baby, who they were found to have killed through gross negligence.
UK aristocrat, partner jailed 14 years for killing daughter
Constance Marten and Mark Gordon were the subject of a nationwide manhunt for seven weeks in early 2023. The couple was determined to keep their fifth baby after their first four children had been taken into care.
Constance Marten and Mark Gordon jailed for 14 years for manslaughter of newborn
Aristocrat Constance Marten and her convicted rapist partner Mark Gordon have been jailed for 14 years each for the manslaughter of their newborn baby two years ago, while they were on the run from the police.
British aristocrat, her boyfriend sentenced to 14 years in prison for killing their newborn
British aristocrat, her boyfriend sentenced to 14 years in prison for killing their newborn A British aristocrat and her boyfriend were sentenced to 14 years in prison on Monday for killing their newborn daughter while on the run from authorities.Constance Marten, 38, and her boyfriend Mark Gordon, 51, a convicted sex offender, were sentenced Monday after being found guilty of gross negligence manslaughter at London's Central Criminal Court in J…
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