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Constance Marten trial – latest updates: jury retires to consider verdict for couple accused of manslaughter

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Constance Marten trial – latest updates: jury retires to consider verdict for couple accused of manslaughter

Constance Marten, 36, and her partner Mark Gordon, 49
Constance Marten, 36, and her partner Mark Gordon, 49 (PA Media)

The jury in the trial of aristocrat Constance Marten has retired to consider its verdicts after three months of evidence at the Old Bailey.

Marten, 36, and his partner Mark Gordon, 49, were charged with manslaughter after their daughter Victoria died while camping on the South Downs in sub-zero temperatures last January.

In a bid to keep their baby after four previous children were taken into care, the couple fled and evaded police for almost two months. After their arrest, Victoria’s badly decomposed remains were found in a Lidl bag in a family shed.

During her testimony, Marten told jurors she intended to find someone to smuggle them overseas and claimed her daughter died in her arms on Jan. 9 after asleep in her jacket.

The couple deny charges of gross negligence manslaughter against Victoria between January 4 and February 27 last year, charges of perverting the course of justice by concealing the body, as well as concealing the birth of a child, cruelty to children and permitting the death of a child. .

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The jury sent home

The jury has been sent home for the day and will continue its deliberations on Friday in the trial of aristocrat Constance Marten.

Joe MiddletonMay 2, 2024 4:51 p.m.

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The jury resumes its deliberations

The jury has resumed its deliberations in the trial of aristocrat Constance Marten.

Marten, 36, and his partner Mark Gordon, 49, were charged with manslaughter after their daughter Victoria died while camping on the South Downs in sub-zero temperatures last January.

The couple deny charges of gross negligence manslaughter against Victoria between January 4 and February 27 last year, charges of perverting the course of justice by concealing the body, as well as concealing the birth of a child, cruelty to children and permitting the death of a child. .

Joe MiddletonMay 2, 2024 11:36

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Jury retires to consider verdicts

The jury in the trial of aristocrat Constance Marten has retired to consider its verdicts.

Marten, 36, and his partner Mark Gordon, 49, were charged with manslaughter after their daughter Victoria died while camping on the South Downs in sub-zero temperatures last January.

The couple deny charges of gross negligence manslaughter against Victoria between January 4 and February 27 last year, charges of perverting the course of justice by concealing the body, as well as concealing the birth of a child, cruelty to children and permitting the death of a child. .

Tom BarnesMay 1, 2024 10:30 a.m.