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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Pol Allingham

Constance Marten given permission to appeal sentence for manslaughter of baby

Aristocrat Constance Marten has been granted permission to appeal the 14-year jail sentence she was handed for her newborn baby’s death.

Marten, 39, and her partner, convicted rapist Mark Gordon, 52, were in hiding when their baby daughter Victoria died in a tent on the South Downs in January 2023.

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