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Aristocrat Constance Marten and rapist partner jailed for 14 years for killing newborn daughter

The parents were found guilty of gross negligence manslaughter of Victoria, who perished in a tent after they recklessly went on the run in winter

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Judge admonishes Constance Marten and partner for passing notes during sentencing

The pair face prison time for the manslaughter of their baby girl, Victoria

The Independent UK

Aristocrat and partner told off for ‘disrupting’ sentencing over baby death

Constance Marten and Mark Gordon are being sentenced over the death of their child.

Evening Standard

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Constance Marten LIVE: Aristocrat and lover Mark Gordon jailed for 14 years each for killing newborn baby

Constance Marten, 38, and Mark Gordon, 51, have been sentenced at the Old Bailey over the death of baby daughter Victoria

Evening Standard

Doctor rushes from witness box to help as woman collapses during murder trial

When the court reassembled after the disturbance, the judge said: ‘That was unexpected’

The Independent UK

Aristocrat Constance Marten launches bid to overturn conviction for killing baby while on the run

Marten and her partner Mark Gordon, a convicted rapist, were found guilty of killing their baby by gross negligence manslaughter

The Independent UK

Constance Marten’s partner Mark Gordon complains that he can’t find a lawyer after chaotic case

Marten, 38, and Gordon, 51, were found guilty of killing baby Victoria after they went off grid

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Charge dropped against aristocrat Constance Marten’s partner after baby manslaughter conviction

In July, Constance Marten and Mark Gordon were found guilty of killing baby Victoria after they went off grid to avoid her being taken into care.

Evening Standard

Baby killer Constance Marten compares prosecutors to Harry Potter Dementors in prison diatribe

Constance Marten has complained about her treatment during her Old Bailey manslaughter trial

Evening Standard

Smiling machete youths locked up for life for bus murder of 14-year-old boy

The defendants, who cannot be named, boarded the bus 20 minutes later each armed with identical machetes hidden in their clothes.

Evening Standard

Machete-wielding youths who smiled as they fatally stabbed schoolboy jailed for life

The defendants, who cannot be named, boarded the bus 20 minutes later each armed with identical machetes hidden in their clothes.

The Independent UK

Woolwich bus murder: Smiling teenage killers jailed for life for machete attack on 14-year-old Kelyan Bokassa

Kelyan Bokassa cried out “I want my mum” after he had been fatally stabbed on a bus in Woolwich

Evening Standard

Constance Marten set to appeal manslaughter conviction after Old Bailey guilty verdicts

Aristocrat and her partner Mark Gordon expected to appeal their manslaughter convictions over death of baby

Evening Standard

Inside the painstaking delays and disruption of Constance Marten’s trial

With the Old Bailey’s most senior judge launching accusations of sabotage, the trials of Constance Marten and Mark Gordon were like no other

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How the elephant in the courtroom crashed into Constance Marten’s trial

The scene was set before the case began, as Mark Gordon’s defence team raised the thorny subject of the ‘white aristocrat and black rapist’.

Evening Standard

‘Bringer of joy’ and choreographer Matthew Bourne earns City of London freedom

The recognition was for his achievements in contemporary dance during a career spanning more than 40 years.

The Independent UK

Russian captain pleads not guilty to manslaughter in North Sea collision

Assisted by a Russian interpreter, Motin confirmed his identity

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Aristocrat Constance Marten's partner Mark Gordon ends evidence early in baby manslaughter trial

Mark Gordon told the court ‘I’m finished with my testimony’ as he returned to the Old Bailey witness box

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Aristocrat Constance Marten refuses to continue cross-examination in trial over baby death

Jurors were told the mother, who is accused of gross negligence manslaughter of her newborn daughter, will not give any more evidence

Evening Standard

Mark Gordon to represent himself in trial over death of baby girl, court told

Judge tells jurors at the Old Bailey that Gordon’s previous barrister has ‘withdrawn’ from the case

Evening Standard

Delay to Constance Marten evidence after complaints of headache and toothache

Marten and Mark Gordon are accused of the manslaughter of their baby Victoria.

The Independent UK

Simon Armitage ‘excited to be northerner’ getting City of London freedom

He performed a reading at the ceremony.

The Independent UK

Family hail justice for little ones as mother jailed over four boys’ fire deaths

Deveca Rose was in Sainsbury’s when her two sets of twins, aged three and four, became trapped in a blaze at the family home.

The Independent UK

‘Eunuch maker’ extreme body modification ring can challenge sentences, court rules

Warning distressing content: Mastermind Marius Gustavson and his acolytes jailed earlier this year after carrying out ’grisly and gruesome’ procedures on unprecedented scale

Evening Standard

Met Police marksman cleared of murdering Chris Kaba as bodycam footage reveals moments before shooting

Martyn Blake’s acquittal sparks protest but Met police chief Sir Mark Rowley says system for holding officers to account is ‘broken’

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