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Constance Marten and partner ‘exposed newborn to utterly dangerous conditions’, trial hears

Marten, 37, and Mark Gordon, 50, are accused of the gross negligence manslaughter of their baby in early 2023

Evening Standard · Mar 11, 2025

Jury told baby’s death ‘entirely avoidable’ as Marten and Gordon retrial begins

Couple deny manslaughter of newborn by gross negligence and second charge of causing or allowing death of a child

The Guardian - UK · Mar 10, 2025

Wealthy aristocrat Constance Marten took baby off-grid despite ‘obvious’ hypothermia risk, jury told

Constance Marten is a ‘trust fund child’ who has ‘perfected lying to an art form’, a prosecutor said, as she and her partner face a retrial over the death of their baby

The Independent UK · Mar 10, 2025

'Red Rum' double killer and his partner jailed for murdering woman and dismembering her body

Steven Sansom, 45, was on licence after being released from prison in 2019 for murdering a cab driver

The Independent UK · Jan 30, 2025

Sado-masochistic couple murdered and dismembered victim, court told

Steve Sansom was out on life licence when he killed Sarah Mayhew, 38, and dumped her remains in south London last spring.

Evening Standard · Jan 30, 2025

Bus attack victim, 14, stabbed by youths ‘almost instantaneously’, court told

Kelyan Bokassa was stabbed around 27 times as he travelled home on a bus through Woolwich, south-east London, on January 7.

Evening Standard · Jan 20, 2025

Judge gave warning after ex-home secretary’s ‘regrettable’ tweets ahead of trial

Suella Braverman said firearms officers ‘mustn’t fear ending up in the dock for carrying out their duties’.

Evening Standard · Oct 21, 2024

Met police officer denies exaggerating threat to justify shooting Chris Kaba

Court sees videos prosecution says show Martyn Blake got wrong key parts of claim fatal shot was fired in self-defence

The Guardian - UK · Oct 15, 2024

Police driver relives ‘dramatic’ moments before Chris Kaba was shot by Met firearms officer, court hears

A driver said he feared his colleague would be run over as an Audi being driven by Chris Kaba rammed a police car

The Independent UK · Oct 7, 2024

Met officer gave ‘false’ account to justify fatally shooting unarmed man, jury told

Martyn Blake accused of getting key details wrong in account of shooting of Chris Kaba in 2022

The Guardian - UK · Oct 3, 2024