Judge passes sentence on aristocrat and rapist partner who killed their baby

Judge passes sentence on aristocrat and rapist partner who killed their baby

Aristocrat Constance Marten and her convicted rapist partner have been jailed for 14 years for killing their newborn baby while on the run. Marten, 38, and Mark Gordon, 51, were in hiding when their baby daughter Victoria died in a tent on the South Downs in January 2023.

The defendants had fled authorities to prevent baby Victoria being taken into care, as four other siblings had been before, the Old Bailey had heard. They were found guilty of her manslaughter, child cruelty, concealing the birth of a child and perverting the course of justice following two trials spanning six months each.

On Monday, Judge Mark Lucraft KC jailed them both for 14 years and handed Gordon a further four years on extended licence.