Couple to be sentenced for manslaughter of newborn daughter
The baby was found dead in a shopping bag in Brighton.
A couple is being sentenced today over the manslaughter of their newborn daughter - who was found dead in a shopping bag in Brighton.
Constance Marten and Mark Gordon went on the run with baby Victoria in early 2023 - sleeping rough in a tent in freezing conditions.
It's thought she died from hypothermia or being smothered.
The aristocrat and her convicted rapist partner went on the run with daughter Victoria in early 2023 after their four other children were taken into care.
The couple travelled across England and went off grid sleeping in a tent on the South Downs where baby Victoria died.
After seven weeks on the run, the defendants were arrested in Brighton, East Sussex, and Victoria’s body was found inside a Lidl bag in a disused shed nearby. Her remains were too badly decomposed to establish the cause of death but the prosecution said she died from hypothermia or was smothered.