Overview

• A jury at the Old Bailey unanimously convicted Marten and Gordon of gross negligence manslaughter on July 14, adding to their previous convictions for child cruelty, concealing a birth and perverting the course of justice.
• Prosecutors showed medical and pathological evidence that Victoria likely died from hypothermia or smothering after the couple sheltered in a flimsy tent on the South Downs.
• The retrial introduced details of Gordon’s 1989 rape conviction in Florida and subsequent assaults on police officers, evidence that was only partly disclosed during the first trial.
• Marten and Gordon spent seven weeks on the run after fleeing care proceedings, triggering a nationwide manhunt when their car burst into flames on the M61 and culminating in their arrest in Brighton.
• Recorder of London Judge Mark Lucraft KC will sentence the pair on September 15, when they will learn the length of their prison terms.