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The Trial - Constance Marten and Mark Gordon, Episode 23: The jury retires

www.dailymail.co.uk, May 1, 2024
On the latest episode of The Trial: listen to the moment the Judge sent the jury out to start their deliberations. After three months of hearing evidence the decisions are now up to them.

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www.dailymail.co.uk, April 22, 2024
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Upset animal lovers descend on Wyoming over wild wolf torture video - claiming the footage has left them with 'nightmares' and calling for a boycott of the state

www.dailymail.co.uk, April 18, 2024
Activists from states including South Carolina appeared at the Wyoming Game and Fish Commission to share their feelings about the incident involving the wolf. Cody Roberts, from Daniel, Wyoming, had captured an injured wolf after hitting it with his snowmobile and paraded it around a bar before he killed it. During the meeting with the commission on Wednesday, Lorraine Finazzo said the images of the wolf left her unable to sleep.

Aristocrat Constance Marten, who is accused of killing her newborn baby while on the run, is no 'monster' her barrister tells court

www.dailymail.co.uk, April 17, 2024
An aristocrat mother who is accused of killing her newborn child while on the run is no 'monster'. her barrister told a court. Wealthy Constance Marten, 36, and her partner Mark Gordon, 49, (both pictured) are accused of the manslaughter of their daughter Victoria who died after they went off-grid on the South Downs. The baby's placenta was found in an exploded car on a Manchester motorway sparking a huge police hunt as the couple spent nearly two months camping in a blue tent. Marten has claimed her daughter died by accident when she fell asleep holding her under her jacket the day after pitching a tent.

Animal welfare groups put up $20k reward for information that will convict Wyoming hunter who paraded wolf through bar - as the animal's heartwarming name is revealed

www.dailymail.co.uk, April 17, 2024
Animal welfare groups have decided to take matters into their own hands by offering a $20,000 reward for information that will lead to the conviction of Cody Roberts, 42. The hunter was fined $250 for his actions, but he wasn't convicted because under Wyoming law, it is legal to kill wolves. The advocacy groups are pushing to have the small-town hunter charged federally.

Wealthy aristocrat Constance Marten has an 'Upstairs, Downstairs' attitude and has told a 'constellation of lies' about her baby daughter's death, court hears

www.dailymail.co.uk, April 16, 2024
Marten, 36, and her boyfriend Gordon, 49, are accused of killing baby Victoria after taking her on the run in January last year to prevent the child being taken away by social services. The baby's placenta was found in an exploded car on a Manchester motorway sparking a huge police hunt as the couple spent nearly two months camping in a blue tent in the South Downs near Brighton . Victoria was later found dead in a Lidl bag for life and prosecutors claim she died from the exposure after weeks in bitterly cold conditions. Marten claims the baby died in her arms after one night in the tent telling police: 'I believe I fell asleep on top of her.'

Aristocrat Constance Marten's newborn daughter 'did not stand a chance' because of her 'toxic relationship' with partner Mark Gordon, court hears

www.dailymail.co.uk, April 15, 2024
Marten, 36, and her boyfriend Mark Gordon, 49, are accused of killing baby Victoria after taking her on the run in January last year to prevent the child being taken away by social services. The baby's placenta was found in an exploded car on a Manchester motorway sparking a huge police hunt as the couple spent nearly two months camping in a blue tent in the South Downs near Brighton. Victoria was later found dead in a Lidl bag for life and prosecutors claim she died from the exposure after weeks in bitterly cold conditions.

Wyoming town defends wolf killer Cody Roberts who paraded predator in local bar, insisting the animals are a danger to their way of life

www.dailymail.co.uk, April 14, 2024
Cody Roberts, 42, captured an injured wolf after hitting it with his snowmobile and paraded it around a local bar before killing it. His aunt Jeanne Ivie-Roberts defended Roberts and tells DailyMail.com, 'People have no idea what damage the wolves do to livestock and domesticated animals'. Animal rights groups and are calling for the sheriff to file felony animal cruelty charges against Roberts.

Parents of aristocrat Constance Marten hired private investigators to find their daughter, court hears

www.dailymail.co.uk, April 11, 2024
The parents of aristocrat Constance Marten (left) hired private investigators to find their daughter, a court heard. Marten, 36, and boyfriend Mark Gordon (right), 49, are accused of killing their newborn baby Victoria by taking her on the run in January last year to prevent her being taken away by social services. The baby's placenta was found in an exploded car on a Manchester motorway sparking a huge police hunt as the couple spent nearly two months camping in a blue tent in the South Downs near Brighton.

According to the court, the Aristocrat accused of killing her baby decided to plead with police to shield her partner from allegations that he would be blamed because he is black

www.dailymail.co.uk, March 26, 2024
According to a court heard yesterday, an aristocrat accused of murdering her baby planned to inform police about the circumstances because she was afraid her husband would be blamed because he is black. Constance Marten, 36, confessed that she and Mark Gordon, 49, had to deny reporting because police expected her to 'automatically blame him' being a black guy.' Victoria and her baby died after the couple camped in freezing rain on the South Downs when they attempted to keep her from being taken into care.

'My family is embarrassed that I had children with Mark Gordon.'

www.dailymail.co.uk, March 14, 2024
Constance Marten, 36, (pictured) is charged with the murder of her newborn daughter Victoria while on the run from authorities with 49-year-old Gordon. Four of their children had already been taken into care, according to the Old Bailey, and they were determined to keep their fifth child. Victoria died in a tent on the South Downs last year in wintry weather, before the baby's body was discovered inside a shed in a Lidl bag. Marten told jurors on Thursday: "I was not concerned about social care, but rather extended family members with ties in high places, including Parliament.'

Constance Marten, a modern-day aristocrat, defends her infant son who died in an off-grid tent with her newborn baby who died during a murder trial: 'Jesus survived in a barn.'

www.dailymail.co.uk, March 13, 2024
Constance Marten has defended living in a tent with her infant baby who died, reminding jurors that 'Jesus survived in a barn.' Victoria, the wealthy aristocrat, who was with her partner Mark Gordon, is accused of the murder of her daughter Victoria, who died while camping in the South Downs in winter last year. On Wednesday, the 36-year-old told the Old Bailey that she had 'grown up with luxury' and that she adored 'fethered duvets and comfort'. Marten said'people around the world live in conditions like' those in which Victoria died,' remarking how she would'do something for my baby.' Gordon, 49, was also a 'amazing husband,' and they also claimed that their newborn daughter was their 'number one priority' as they spent months hiding from the police.

According to the court, Constance Marten was accused by her family of 'bearing children' and that she had hired someone to smuggle their newborn daughter overseas

www.dailymail.co.uk, March 11, 2024
By taking her on the run across England in January last year, the aristocrat, 36, (left), and her 49-year-old boyfriend Mark Gordon have been charged with murdering their fifth child Victoria. The couple met in 2014 and had four children in a jiffy, who were all taken into care after Marten gave birth to their first child using an Irish accent pretending to be a traveller, according to jurors. Marten argues that this was because her family was opposed to her marriage and that private investigators were hired to follow her. Tobias is her brother, as well as her mother, Virginie (right) and her father, Napier (inset).

Constance Marten tells court her four previous children were 'stolen' by social workers at the behest of her family who have 'a lot of money, clout and connections'

www.dailymail.co.uk, March 11, 2024
Constance Marten told the Old Bailey that her previous four children had been'stolen' by social workers at the behest of her family's 'backing of the state' because they had a 'lot of cash, a lot of clout, and connections'. It came after she told jurors that she and her partner planned to smuggle their baby daughter overseas after she said her family accused her of selling children on the black market. The aristocrat, 36, and her 49-year-old love Mark Gordon have been accused of murdering Victoria, their fifth child, by running her on the streets in January last year to prevent her from being taken away by social services.

TWICE is investing TWICE as much as the NRA to shield the Second Amendment: Each year, NSSF forks out $5 million on gun policy, while schmoozes Governors at expos under their life-long firearms expert CEO Bill Clinton

www.dailymail.co.uk, March 10, 2024
Last year, the National Shooting Sports Foundation (NSSF) was an American national trade group that earned more than $5.4 million in federal lobbying. Compare this figure to the NRA's $2.3 million, and it's clear that the firearms industry has undergone a change. In 2021, the former first-place firearms advocate spent almost $5 million and even more in previous years, but the funds have since been withheld. In comparison, the NSSF has raised its investment, totaling nearly $5 million in the last four years, after losing a great deal of sales since it began in 1961.

Constance Marten, a murder suspect, is blamed on her 'extremely oppressive and bigoted' family for her baby's death

www.dailymail.co.uk, March 8, 2024
After baby Victoria died while living off-grid on the South Downs in wintry weather last year, Constance Marten, 36, and her partner Mark Gordon, 49, are on trial. Marten was born with an Irish accent posing as a traveller, according to prosecutor Joel Smith. Marten answered with, 'I had to flee my family because my family is so draconian and bigoted, and they wouldn't allow me to have children with my husband.' They'll do anything to keep the child off the family line, which is what they ended up doing.'

Constance Marten claims she was "adamant" for the death of her baby daughter in a tent as aristocrat tells a murderer's verdict: "I woke up she wasn't alive" when she was wokened

www.dailymail.co.uk, March 8, 2024
The aristocrat (left, right, and inset), 36, and her partner Mark Gordon, 49, are on trial after baby Victoria died while living off-grid on the South Downs in wintry weather last year. Marten admitted on Friday that she did feel responsible for falling asleep on her if that's what happened. I'm not sure because the autopsy was inconclusive, but I do recall being responsible for her,' he said.' The court heard how the couple went on the run from authorities in an attempt to save their baby, who was just a few weeks old when their four other children were taken into custody. Marten narrated how she awakened Victoria's arms on January 9 last year when she discovered her baby inside.

Aristocrat Constance Marten accused of killing her newborn baby after making her live-off grid in a tent over winter tells court 'I did nothing but show her love'

www.dailymail.co.uk, March 7, 2024
Marten went into the witness box on Thursday to testify in her defense after Gordon declined the opportunity earlier this week. Defence barrister Francis FitzGibbon KC asked her: 'Did you do anything to harm baby Victoria?' Marten replied, 'Absolutely not.' Mr FitzGibbon said: 'Did you do anything cruel to baby Victoria?' "No," Marten replied. I did nothing but display her love.' She told jurors she did not expose her baby to cold or allow her to get too hot as she was aware.

According to Constance Marten, a fugitive mother who is accused of killing her newborn baby due to evidence-based infection fears, more women were opting for natural births at home

www.dailymail.co.uk, March 6, 2024
Constance Marten and Mark Gordon have been accused of causing the death of Victoria by taking her on the run in January last year in order to avoid her being taken away by social services. The baby's positionnta was discovered in a exploded vehicle on a Manchester motorway, sparking a massive police hunt as the couple spent almost two months camping in a blue tent in the South Downs near Brighton. Victoria was discovered dead in a bag for life, and authorities suspect she died from the exposure after weeks of bitterly cold weather. They deny murder by gross negligence, concealment of a child's birth, cruelty to a person under the age of 16, and perverting the path of justice by disposing of the body. Dr. Ehsan Rafiq, a Manchester GP, told the court that the dread of being infected with Covid-19 has'accelerated the process of natural births'.

Mark Gordon, Constance Marten's boyfriend who is accused of murdering their newborn baby, refuses to testify

www.dailymail.co.uk, March 4, 2024
The Old Bailey is currently on trial for Mark Gordon, 49, and his aristocrat friend Marten, 36, are charged. They were accused of murdering Victoria By taking her on the road in January last year to avoid her being taken away by social services. The discovery of the baby's positionnta in a exploded vehicle on the M61 in Greater Manchester sparked a big police hunt for a couple who spent almost two months in a blue tent in the South Downs near Brighton. Victoria was discovered dead in a Lidl bag for life, and authorities suspect she died as a result of the exposure, which was in bitterly cold weather. After a few nights of camping, Marten said the baby died asleep in her arms.

According to the court, Constance Marten's baby may have died from the cold or co-sleeping' with her mother, 36, and partner Mark Gordon, 49

www.dailymail.co.uk, February 29, 2024
According to a court heard today, the newborn baby of aristocrat Constance Marten (pictured with another child) may have died from hypothermia or 'co-sleeping' in a tent. Marten, 36, and her partner Mark Gordon (pictured inset and together right), 49, are accused of killing Victoria by going on the run in January last year to prevent her from being taken away by social services. According to the Old Bailey, the baby's location was discovered in a exploded car on a Manchester motorway, sparking a huge police hunt as the pair traveled the UK trying to find a port to escape from. The couple spent almost two months in a blue tent in the South Downs near Brighton, England, before the baby was found to death, wearing only a onesie. Victoria was discovered dead in a Lidl bag for life, where prosecutors say she spent the majority of her life.

According to the court, Constance Marten, a notorious aristocrat, was twice warned of the dangers of falling asleep with a baby before her newborn daughter's death

www.dailymail.co.uk, February 27, 2024
A social worker warned the aristocrat that keeping the baby in a tent in freezing temperatures during winter was 'completely ineffective.' Marten claims she fell asleep with Victoria in her arms under her jacket and awakened to find the baby dead, saying: 'I believe I fell asleep on top of her.' After the birth of their first child, Marten and her partner Mark Gordon (pictured top inset right with Marten) told social workers that living in a tent was part of their "alternative lifestyle." Marten, 36, and Gordon, 49, are accused of murdering their newborn baby when they took her on the run in January last year to avoid her being taken away by social services. Both deny murder charges involving manslaughter. Victoria was discovered dead in a Lidl bag in an allotment shed in Brighton days after the pair was arrested in February.

Photographic Description: In a Colorado swim, ten University of Wyoming swimmers were killed

www.dailymail.co.uk, February 23, 2024
Charlie Clark, 19, Carson Muir, 18, and Luke Slabber, 21, were killed in the accident, but two other team members sustained injuries. The car was traveling southbound on US Highway 287, ten miles from the Wyoming-Colorado border when the driver veered off the highway and was rolling over many times. The car, a Toyota RAV4 with extensive damage and lying on its side in a field, is seen in photos taken at the accident site, with pieces of it scattered around the ground.

Aristocrat Constance Marten received nearly £50,000 from her trust fund months before going on the run with her lover and newborn baby, court hears

www.dailymail.co.uk, February 22, 2024
Marten, 36, and her partner Mark Gordon, 49, have been charged with murdering their baby Victoria in January after running away to avoid their child from being taken away by social services. The baby's positionnta was discovered in an explosion near Bolton, Greater Manchester, sparking a huge manhunt for seven weeks before being arrested in Brighton. Victoria's remains were discovered in a Lidl grocery bag inside a disused shed on an allotment on March 1 last year.