Ahead of a hearing at the Old Bailey on Monday, it emerged that the defendants face new charges of child cruelty and causing or allowing the death of a child.
Court artist sketch of Constance Marten and Mark Gordon with a dock officer at the Old BaileyConstance Marten and Mark Gordon were charged with manslaughter by gross negligence on March 2 after the body of two-month-old Victoria was found in Brighton.Constance Marten and Mark Gordon
It is claimed they caused the baby’s death by their own “unlawful act” or failed to “take such steps as could reasonably have been expected” to protect the baby.Marten, 36, and Gordon, 49, of no fixed address, appeared from custody before Judge Mark Lucraft KC. Marten appeared by video link from Bronzefield prison and Gordon from Belmarsh jail and spoke only to confirm their identities.Tributes left for baby Victoria in Brighton
Judge Lucraft put a plea and case management hearing back from August 18 to September 22 and confirmed the provisional trial has been set for January 2 next year.Victoria’s remains were found in a plastic bag in a locked shed at an overgrown allotment in the Hollingbury area of Brighton on March 1.An initial post-mortem examination was unable to establish a cause of death.
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