Constance Marten and companion charged with gross negligence manslaughter after child stays discovered

Constance Marten and her boyfriend Mark Gordon have been charged with gross negligence manslaughter following the dying of a child.

The couple had been arrested in Brighton on Monday night time after an exhaustive seek for the pair and their new child toddler.

The body of a baby was found two days later on Wednesday afternoon on the sting of an allotment on the South Downs after police had been tipped off by a passing member of the general public.

Ms Marten and Mr Gordon had been arrested following a police hunt throughout Britain was launched after they disappeared on Jan 5, after their deserted automotive was found on fireplace on the M61 close to Bolton, Lancashire.

Barry Hughes, chief crown prosecutor for CPS London North, mentioned: “The CPS has authorised the Metropolitan Police to cost Constance Marten and Mark Gordon with gross negligence manslaughter.

“Constance Marten, aged 35, and Mark Gordon, aged 48, have additionally been charged with concealing the beginning of a kid and perverting the course of justice. These costs come up from their arrest on Monday on account of a prolonged police investigation to ascertain their whereabouts and that of their child.

“The Crown Prosecution Service reminds all involved that legal proceedings in opposition to Constance Marten and Mark Gordon are energetic and that they’ve the precise to a good trial.”

The pair will seem at Crawley Magistrates’ Courtroom on Friday.