"Judge Mark Lucraft told Marten, 38, and Gordon, 51, that the way they treated their baby, Victoria, had been "neglect of the gravest and most serious type." Constance Marten and Mark Gordon caused the death of their baby after Marten secretly gave birth and the couple took her to live in a tent during freezing winter temperatures. Lucraft told the pair that "neither of you gave much, if any, thought to the care or welfare of your baby your focus was on yourselves," adding that neither of them showed "genuine expression of remorse.""
"Living in a tent during winter Marten whose father, Napier Marten, was a former page to Queen Elizabeth II and her partner Gordon, a convicted sex offender, first came to public attention in January 2023, after their burnt-out car was found with a placenta wrapped in a towel inside. The couple had gone on a run in late December 2022 when Marten was heavily pregnant with their fifth child, Victoria, to avoid contact with authorities. Marten and Gordon evaded the police for several weeks, during which they spent time living in a tent. Their daughter's body was located days later in a shopping bag in a disused shed."
A British woman from an aristocratic family and her partner were each sentenced to 14 years for the manslaughter of their newborn daughter, Victoria. The couple secretly gave birth and took the baby to live in a tent during freezing winter weather. Their burnt-out car was later found with a placenta wrapped in a towel, and they evaded police for weeks before being located in Brighton. The infant's body was discovered days later in a shopping bag in a disused shed. The pair had prior convictions for perverting the course of justice, child cruelty, and concealing the birth, and other children were taken into care.
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