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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
National
Kevin Rawlinson and Jamie Grierson

Constance Marten and Mark Gordon convicted over daughter’s death

Composite image showing Constance Marten, left, and Mark Gordon, right.
Despite repeated appeals to trace them, the couple were able to evade police for more than seven weeks; eventually being traced to the outskirts of Brighton. Photograph: Greater Manchester police

Two parents have been found guilty of the manslaughter of their newborn daughter, who died after they took her to live in a tent in freezing wintry conditions to evade social services.

Constance Marten and Mark Gordon, who had had their first four children taken into care, went on the run with their fifth, a baby girl named Victoria, shortly after her birth in December 2022.

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