US EditionA British Aristocrat and Her Boyfriend Are Convicted of Killing Their Newborn
AMALIADA AND PATRAS, GREECE, JUL 13 – Eirini Mourtzoukou confessed to killing three infants and is charged with serial intentional homicide and attempted murder, with four infant deaths linked to her between 2021 and 2024.
- British aristocrat Constance Marten and her boyfriend Mark Gordon were convicted Monday of gross negligence manslaughter for the death of their newborn daughter Victoria in early 2023 in the UK.
- The couple went missing in January 2023, fearing social services would take Victoria, which led them to live off-grid in a flimsy tent on the South Downs during freezing winter conditions.
- Authorities launched a nationwide seven-week manhunt after a placenta was found in the couple's burned car on January 5, 2023, followed by their arrest in Brighton on February 27 and discovery of Victoria's decomposed body two days later.
- Prosecutors contended that Victoria's death resulted from either hypothermia or suffocation while she was co-sleeping in the tent, although the couple maintained it was an unfortunate accident that occurred while Marten was asleep and insisted they had taken care to protect the baby's well-being.
- Marten and Gordon face significant prison sentences following a 2.5-year legal saga marked by a retrial after the initial jury deadlock, with their actions highlighting a tragic descent from privilege to crime.
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A British aristocrat and her boyfriend are convicted of killing their newborn
A British aristocrat and her boyfriend have been convicted of killing their newborn daughter. Constance Marten and Mark Gordon were found guilty of gross negligence manslaughter on Monday during their second trial in London.
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Eirini Mourtzoukou remanded after confessing to infant murders in Greece
Eirini Mourtzoukou, 25, was remanded in custody on Saturday, July 12, after confessing to the murders of three infants during a two-hour testimony before a judge in Patra. According to her lawyer, she took full responsibility for the crimes. Arrested last week, Mourtzoukou faces charges of serial intentional homicide and attempted murder, including the suspected suffocation of an adult friend. She is expected to be transferred to Korydallos Pris…
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