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UNCOVERED: 3 - The Untold Story

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

The Independent UK

Mark Gordon: The rapist who went on the run with his aristocrat partner and their newborn baby

The convicted rapist and armed robber was at the centre of a two-month manhunt as he went on run with Constance Marten and their newborn

The Independent UK

Constance Marten: The aristocrat who fell from high society to become a convicted baby killer

She was born into a life of incredible privilege but gave it all up for a sordid life on the run with a convicted rapist. Now she has been sentenced to 14 years in jail

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Senior officer hails justice for baby Victoria as ‘selfish’ parents convicted

Detective Superintendent Lewis Basford spoke to reporters outside the Old Bailey.

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Police speak out on ‘devastation’ of finding Constance Marten’s baby Victoria dead

More than 1,000 officers looked for Victoria before she was found rotting in a bag of rubbish

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How police search for baby Victoria ended in ‘shock and devastation’

After a six-month Old Bailey retrial, Constance Marten and Mark Gordon were found guilty of the manslaughter of their daughter.

Evening Standard

Revealed: Constance Marten had shattered spleen in ‘domestic abuse incident’

Marten had repeatedly claimed she went on the run with her convicted rapist partner Mark Gordon to ‘protect’ their newborn daughter Victoria.

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Marten and Gordon ‘had plenty of opportunities to do the right thing’ – police

The couple were found guilty of gross negligence manslaughter of their daughter Victoria and causing or allowing her death.

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Constance Marten: ‘Callous and selfish’ or grieving mother?

Marten was cast by the prosecution as a callous and selfish woman but her defence barrister said she was no ‘monster’.

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Video shows Constance Marten’s reaction to discovery of baby’s body

Marten, 38, appeared frozen and monosyllabic as police broke the news during an interview on March 1 2023.

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Key CCTV of baby Victoria alive made police chief ‘wince’

Detective Superintendent Lewis Basford, from Scotland Yard, recalled his reaction to the first sighting of the newborn child.

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The extraordinary manhunt: How Constance Marten and Mark Gordon evaded police for 53 days

Marten and her rapist boyfriend Gordon spent 53 days on the run with baby Victoria amid a nationwide search

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How the elephant in the courtroom crashed into Constance Marten’s trial

The scene was set before the case began, as Mark Gordon’s defence team raised the thorny subject of the ‘white aristocrat and black rapist’.

Evening Standard

Prosecutor reflects on ‘long road’ to justice for baby Victoria

Samantha Yelland, senior crown prosecutor for CPS London, said: ‘I feel that justice has been done.’

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A tent in winter: how Constance Marten and Mark Gordon caused baby’s death

Aristocrat and her partner had means to provide for Victoria but put her in danger in attempt to evade authorities

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Aristocrat Constance Marten guilty with partner Mark Gordon of baby manslaughter

Constance Marten and Mark Gordon were found guilty of manslaughter after two trials

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Fugitive aristocrat and partner guilty over baby’s death

Constance Marten and Mark Gordon went on the run with tragic Victoria, the court heard.

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Constance Marten and Mark Gordon guilty of killing their baby daughter after ‘recklessly’ going on the run in winter

Baby Victoria was deprived of warmth and shelter during her short life, a court is told, after her parents took her ‘off-grid’

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Constance Marten and Mark Gordon convicted over daughter’s death

Pair found guilty of manslaughter of newborn baby, who died after they went on run to evade social services

Evening Standard

Jury retires to consider verdict in Constance Marten and Mark Gordon baby manslaughter retrial

Marten, 38, and Gordon, 51, are accused over the death of newborn Victoria in a tent on the South Downs in early 2023

The Independent UK

Jury retires to consider verdict in retrial of Constance Marten and partner over baby death

The aristocrat, 38, and her partner Mark Gordon, a 51-year-old convicted rapist, took their fifth baby ‘off grid’ to stop her being taken into care

Evening Standard

Constance Marten victim of ‘relentless and dogged’ smears, court told

Marten and convicted rapist Mark Gordon are on trial at the Old Bailey accused of the manslaughter of their newborn baby Victoria.

Evening Standard

Constance Marten’s partner tells court ‘no laws on how to raise your children’

Marten and Mark Gordon have denied the gross negligence manslaughter of their daughter Victoria and causing or allowing her death in 2023.

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Constance Marten’s partner tells court prosecution case is ‘like a movie script’

Mark Gordon, 51, told jurors: ‘The whole prosecution in this case is like a script from a movie, indeed a fictional novel’

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Death of Constance Marten’s baby was ‘inevitable’, court hears

Wealthy aristocrat Constance Marten, 38, and Mark Gordon, 50, are charged with the manslaughter of their baby daughter Victoria

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