{"id":29623,"date":"2025-07-15T03:56:05","date_gmt":"2025-07-15T07:56:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/worldjusticenews.com\/news\/?p=29623"},"modified":"2025-07-15T03:56:05","modified_gmt":"2025-07-15T07:56:05","slug":"constance-marten-and-mark-gordon-guilty-of-gross-negligence-manslaughter-of-their-baby","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/worldjusticenews.com\/news\/2025\/07\/15\/constance-marten-and-mark-gordon-guilty-of-gross-negligence-manslaughter-of-their-baby\/","title":{"rendered":"Constance Marten and Mark Gordon guilty of gross negligence manslaughter of their baby"},"content":{"rendered":"
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A couple who went on the run with their newborn daughter have been found guilty of her manslaughter by gross negligence.<\/b><\/p>\n

Constance Marten, 38, and Mark Gordon, 51, were convicted on Monday following a lengthy and chaotic retrial at the Old Bailey, which the judge accused them of trying to “sabotage” and “derail”.<\/p>\n

It comes more than two years after the decomposed body of their baby, Victoria, had been discovered in a shopping bag in Brighton.<\/p>\n

An earlier trial at the same court found them guilty of concealing the birth of a child, perverting the course of justice by not reporting her death, and of child cruelty – the latter of which could not be reported until now.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Now the conviction for manslaughter by gross negligence shows the jury decided that the couple’s behaviour had been exceptionally bad and fell below the standard of reasonably competent parents.<\/p>\n

The prosecution had argued during their retrial that Marten and Gordon – who are expected to be sentenced in September – had made a conscious decision to not keep Victoria safe, and that it was clear their actions had been deliberate.<\/p>\n

Central to the prosecution’s case was that Victoria had died from hypothermia or by being smothered while co-sleeping in a small, thin tent in cold, damp and windy conditions in January 2023.<\/p>\n

Pathologists are still not sure exactly how she died.<\/p>\n

It is thought that the couple went on the run to avoid the authorities and keep Victoria, their fifth child together, with their four other children having being been previously taken into care.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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The Aristocrat, the Convict and the Missing Baby<\/strong><\/p>\n

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An aristocrat and her convict partner go on the run with their newborn baby. The search ends in heartbreak. Family, friends, and witnesses reveal the background to this extraordinary case. Watch on iPlayer<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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