Overview

• Prosecutors allege the death of the baby, born in secret, was caused by the couple's reckless and grossly negligent actions while on the run in winter 2023.
• The parents, Constance Marten and Mark Gordon, reportedly avoided authorities after their four older children were taken into care, fearing the newborn would also be removed.
• The court heard the couple lived off-grid in a tent with inadequate supplies during freezing weather, exposing the baby to hypothermia and suffocation risks.
• After the baby's death, the couple allegedly concealed the body in a bag and continued evading authorities for weeks before being arrested in February 2023.
• Marten, from a wealthy family with access to financial resources, and Gordon, who was absent from court, both deny charges of manslaughter and causing or allowing the death of a child.