Constance Marten and Mark Gordon were the subject of a nationwide manhunt for seven weeks in early 2023. The couple was determined to keep their fifth baby after their first four children had been taken into care.

LONDON: A British aristocrat and her partner were on Monday (Sep 15) both jailed for 14 years for the manslaughter of their baby daughter by gross negligence, as they sought to avoid detection by social services and briefly sparked a nationwide manhunt.Constance Marten – whose father was once a page to the

Constance Marten and Mark Gordon had fled authorities to prevent baby Victoria being taken into care.

Constance Marten, 38, and her partner Mark Gordon, 51, went on the run with their daughter Victoria to get away from social services after their four other children were taken into care. Victoria's body was later found inside a shopping bag.