Constance Marten & Mark Gordon - Baby A case

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What have I just read? What the actual fuck is wrong with the world. That poor baby. These utter idiots. Sorry I’m so so angry.

Constance Marten and partner ‘killed baby to keep her out of care’

https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/24e56090-f175-4bf8-ac07-380621d9954f?shareToken=186074e86c05c4df704ef1889186acdc

Mark Gordon was 14 but was convicted of armed kidnapping and sexual battery - he broke into a neighbour's house, held her at knifepoint and raped her. Sentenced to 40 years, served 20 and deported to the UK.

Adorable.

It’s all gone quiet again.

Why is that? Presumably press ban in case the jury is influenced or similar?

A shame, really.

https://www.theargus.co.uk/news/25015656.jury-shown-tent-like-one-used-constance-marten-south-downs/. Last thing I can find from 18 March.

Due to restart 10am Monday

Mark Gorden is now representing himself, I assume he has sacked yet another barrister. He cross examined CM today.

Wow. That's interesting. I'm looking forward to The Trial podcast summary on this once it's all over.

Fascinating. When this is all over the articles will be amazing. There’s so much more to this situation.

OMG these two Entitled Monsters
Now they have Put the Loonies in charge of the Asylum !!
Why have they Never had a Psychological assessment done I doubt Constance is the Vitim here I believe shes Controlling Him Hence hes discharged his Team so she can control his questions in her favour

There was tons of podcast coverage of the first trial. Is there any for this one?

Why do you think they haven't had a psychological assessment done?It's very likely that both of them have. I don't understand your point.

Vile POS

@GrandKarberthere isn’t & there’s v little coverage. I’m wondering if there’s a reason it’s so under the radar like some sort of injunction.

That must be it - that and their four children who would have asked for anonymity- unless they’ve been adopted and got different names.

Why that didn’t get better enforced the first time who knows.

I’m not sure how prison will
help, bar keeping them apart so they can’t conceive no6.

They’re both now notorious child killers, so job done.

The children have all been adopted and have new names, this came out last time.

They have both been in prison for two years now. I wonder if they are allowed to write to each other? I guess they must be, somehow they have cooked this strange strategy up together.

https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/crime/constance-marten-mark-gordon-trial-hospital-attack-b2758557.html

The finer details are starting to come out

Thanks for your updates Tigress

I find the legal system fascinating. This evidence was not presented at the first trial.

Generally, jurors do not have previous convictions revealed to them. It's unusual.

They do in cases where there was a previous trial and conviction

Thank you. I knew there had to be a good reason and, in this case, I'm glad that's the rule.

It used not to be the case. I knew someone who sat on a jury and went with guilty as did all the others. It was only at sentencing that the previous convictions were read to court.

This is still the case. Jurors will only know of his previous conviction because it was all over the papers when they were being sought by the police for child protection reasons. The judge will have told them not to read the papers or look on social media. Jurors can put a case in jeopardy just by looking up the judge or counsel online.