Overview

• Court officials confirmed Marten has lodged an application for permission to appeal her manslaughter conviction, while Mark Gordon has not applied.
• A jury unanimously found both defendants guilty of manslaughter in July after a retrial, following earlier convictions for concealing a birth, perverting the course of justice and child cruelty.
• Sentencing for Marten and Gordon is listed for 15 September at the Old Bailey.
• The pair spent about seven weeks on the run in early 2023, living in a tent on the South Downs, before their arrest in Brighton where police found baby Victoria’s body in a disused shed inside a Lidl bag.
• Prosecutors argued Victoria died from hypothermia in cold, damp conditions or was smothered; the defence said the death was a tragic accident after Marten fell asleep on her.