Overview

• An Old Bailey jury delivered unanimous gross negligence manslaughter verdicts on July 14 for the death of baby Victoria in January 2023
• Prosecutors told jurors Victoria succumbed to hypothermia or smothering after Marten and Gordon fled with their newborn, sleeping in a flimsy tent on the South Downs
• Police located Victoria’s body in a Lidl bag inside a disused Brighton shed following a nationwide manhunt triggered by the couple’s abandoned, burnt‐out car
• Court evidence exposed Gordon’s 1989 rape conviction in Florida, subsequent violent offences and the couple’s deliberate efforts to conceal Victoria’s birth
• Marten and Gordon had already been convicted in 2024 of perverting the course of justice, concealing a birth and child cruelty and now face sentencing with appeals expected