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Constance Marten mugshot

Constance Marten granted permission to appeal sentence for killing her baby

Two people walk along a path through a parched park

Almost three-quarters of England in drought as conditions worsen in dry August

‘Incredible’ Milky Way shot wins South Downs dark skies photography competition

Child removal without parental support can raise risk to future babies – report

Fugitive aristocrat Constance Marten and partner jailed over baby death

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

Constance Marten’s mother makes plea over daughter’s ‘deep sense of fairness’

Fugitive aristocrat and partner to be sentenced over death of newborn baby

Charge dropped against aristocrat’s partner after baby manslaughter conviction

‘Eel lanes’ being created in South Downs rivers to assist 4,000-mile migration

Fugitive aristocrat and partner guilty over baby’s death

How police search for baby Victoria ended in ‘shock and devastation’

Jury retires in baby manslaughter retrial of Constance Marten and Mark Gordon

Constance Marten victim of ‘relentless and dogged’ smears, court told

Constance Marten’s partner tells court ‘no laws on how to raise your children’

Constance Marten’s partner tells court prosecution case is ‘like a movie script’

Death of baby of Constance Marten and Mark Gordon was ‘inevitable’, court hears
Constance Marten, 38, and Mark Gordon, 50, are charged with the manslaughter of their baby daughter Victoria.
Emily Pennink and Jordan Reynolds, PA

Constance Marten and Mark Gordon ‘sought to mask reality’ to jury – court told

Constance Marten’s partner attacked officers on post-natal ward, court told

Constance Marten’s partner refuses to answer prosecution questions

Constance Marten’s partner suggested they ‘go together on pyre’ after baby death

Constance Marten’s partner blames police for death of baby

Mothers falling asleep after breastfeeding ‘almost universal’, court hears

Sleeping in tent with new baby ‘not reasonable parenting decision’, court told

Constance Marten calls time on cross-examination

UK’s noisiest amphibians making ‘remarkable comeback’ in South Downs

Constance Marten denies carrying baby in supermarket bag while on the run

Mark Gordon not giving evidence in trial over death of baby girl
He is accused of the manslaughter of baby Victoria alongside aristocrat Constance Marten.
Ellie Ng, PA

Constance Marten used ‘summer’ sleeping bags in winter, court told

Baby Victoria exposed to ‘substantial risk of hypothermia’ – expert

Tent like one used by Constance Marten shown to jury at Old Bailey trial

Constance Marten ‘fell asleep on newborn baby in tragic accident’, court told

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

Baby’s death ‘entirely avoidable’, aristocrat Constance Marten’s retrial told

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