Overview

• Jury members at the Old Bailey are set to begin deliberations on gross negligence manslaughter charges against Constance Marten and Mark Gordon.
• In his self-represented closing speech, Gordon likened the prosecution’s evidence to a fictional script and accused it of being speculative.
• Prosecutors contend that Victoria died from hypothermia or smothering while co-sleeping in a flimsy tent despite prior welfare warnings.
• Marten and Gordon went off-grid to avoid social services taking their fifth child, triggering a national manhunt after their car was found burned.
• The trial has spotlighted Gordon’s past criminal convictions and the couple’s claims that racial and class bias shaped the authorities’ pursuit