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Constance Marten granted permission to appeal sentence for killing her baby
Marten renewed her challenge to the manslaughter ruling after a judge accepted prosecutors’ case that baby Victoria died from hypothermia.
- Aristocrat Constance Marten has been granted permission to appeal her 14-year sentence for her baby's death and renewed her application to challenge her gross negligence manslaughter conviction, though no court date is set.
- In September 2025, Judge Mark Lucraft KC jailed Marten and Mark Gordon for 14 years, citing their "arrogance" and "neglect of the most serious type" while accepting prosecution evidence that Victoria died from "significant cold stress."
- Police launched a nationwide hunt on January 5, 2023, after the couple's car caught fire near Bolton; the pair traveled across England and sheltered in a tent on the South Downs where Victoria died after seven weeks.
- During their Old Bailey trial, the couple claimed Victoria was smothered in a "terrible accident," but the judge rejected this defense, noting they had failed to heed warnings regarding four other children.
- Marten and Gordon were found guilty of manslaughter, child cruelty, concealing a birth, and perverting justice following two six-month trials; a court date for their newly granted appeal remains pending.
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The Independent (US)Constance Marten given permission to appeal sentence for manslaughter of baby
The aristocrat is serving a 14-year sentence after her daughter died in a tent on the South Downs
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Leaning Left3Leaning Right5Center3Last UpdatedBias Distribution46% Right
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- 46% of the sources lean Right
46% Right
L 27%
C 27%
R 46%
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