Aristocrat Constance Marten and her convicted rapist partner, Mark Gordon, have been jailed for 14 years for killing their newborn baby while on the run.

Marten, 38, and Gordon, 51, were in hiding when their baby daughter, Victoria, died in a tent on the South Downs in January 2023. The police hunt for the couple began on the M61 motorway near Bolton , when their burning car was discovered.

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 Go

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