Couple on run in winter had summer camp kit

CONSTANCE Marten and Mark Gordon used sleeping bags meant for summer while off-grid with their baby during winter, a court has heard.

- SAM HALL

Marten, 37, and Gordon, 50, are accused of the manslaughter of their daughter Victoria.

The Old Bailey has heard how the couple went to the south coast in early 2023 to avoid their fifth child being taken into care amid a high-profile police hunt for the missing baby.

Yesterday, jurors heard evidence from a chartered ergonomist who conducted experiments on the risk of hypothermia to Victoria.

Professor George Havenith, from Loughborough University, examined conditions as the defendants travelled to the South Downs and inside the tent once there.

Marten, who grew up in the Dorset aristocracy, and Gordon purchased two Pro Action sleeping bags from Argos, the court was told.