Couple are jailed for 14 years over baby's death

THE aristocrat Constance Marten and her convicted rapist partner were yesterday each jailed for 14 years for killing their newborn baby while on the run.

- EMILY PENNINK

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 Victoria being taken into care, as four other siblings had been before, the Old Bailey had heard.

The defendants were found guilty of Victoria's manslaughter, child cruelty, concealing the birth of a child and perverting the course of justice, following two trials spanning six months each.

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