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Constance 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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A British woman belonging to an aristocratic family and her partner were sentenced to more than a decade in prison each for the murder of their newborn daughter while they were fugitives from the law. The woman, Constance Marten, 38 years of age, was sentenced to 14 years in prison, and her boyfriend, Mark Gordon, 51, was sentenced to 18 years. Judge Mark Lucraft stated that her baby, Victoria, who lived only a few days, died a victim of “neglig…
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Constance Marten was also heir to a family historically close to the British royal family.
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