Police have further arrested Mark Gordon and Constance Marten on suspicion of gross negligence. This was in response to concerns about their baby’s health.
After a member of the public reported seeing them just before 9.30 pm, the police arrested the missing aristocrat along with her partner in Brighton under suspicion of child neglect.
Lewis Basford, detective superintendent, stated that the danger to the couple’s baby was becoming “so high” that officers had to “consider the baby is in danger.”
“We must keep the hope that the baby will be found safe and well. As the weather gets colder and the effects that the cold could have on babies, the risk increases. This may not be over,” he stated.
The Independent was told by Napier Marten, the father of the aristocrat, that he felt “immense relief” to hear his daughter had been found. However, he expressed concern about his newborn child.
Police make manslaughter arrests after admitting that a missing baby is likely to harm
Police have confirmed that Mark Gordon and Constance Marten were further detained on suspicion of gross negligence manslaughter.
Lewis Basford, the detective superintendent of Brighton, also spoke to reporters and said that the danger to the couple’s baby was becoming “so high” that officers had to “consider the baby has been harmed.”
We must keep the hope that the baby will be found safe and well. As the weather gets colder and more babies are born, the risk of a baby getting sick increases. This may not be the end we want,” he stated.
CCTV captures moments before Constance Marten is arrested and her rapist partner is detained
Surveillance footage captured by a doorbell CCTV camera showed the activities of Constance Marten (aristocrat) and Mark Gordon just moments before they were arrested Monday night.
They were seen walking by houses shortly before being taken into custody by Brighton police. As they speed past houses, both were wearing hoods and carrying bags. Gordon is also seen with a stick in his hand.
After seeing media reports about the couple, a member of the public called 999 to report that they had taken cash from Hollingbury Place’s convenience store just before 9.30 pm.
After the discovery of a missing couple, there is a high risk that a baby will be taken.
Constance Marten shouted at the police during her arrest
Eyewitnesses claimed that Constance Marten, an Aristocrat, shouted at police to “get away” from Mark Gordon while he was being restrained.
Constance Marten’s baby is being sought by detectives who are trying to locate her. They have stated that the risk to her welfare is “as high” as the investigation has been.
More than 200 officers were involved in the search for the baby since the couple was arrested. They used sticks to navigate through the woods near Stanmer Villas or Golf Drive.
The baby was born in January, and the infant has not been seen since. His or her parents have been sleeping rough in freezing temperatures most of the time.
A passerby recognized the couple thanks to media appeals. Police arrived just six minutes later and escorted them up a nearby Brighton street.
According to one witness, The Sun was informed by one witness that the call came from a member of the public who saw them and believed they recognized the media appeals.
“He was walking in front of her. He has been seen in other photos. They looked strange and were all at night.”
The witness said that it was initially one police car that spotted them. When they realized who it was, the rest quickly came up.
He was initially very animated and was eventually restrained. He was screaming at them to stop.
“She was in tears when she got arrested a little further down the street.”
Police locate the child’s ear muffs in a neighborhood near the arrest site
While searching for Mark Gordon and Constance Marten’s missing baby, police officers found a pair of pink child’s earmuffs.
After a tip-off by the public, the couple was arrested and caught in Brighton. Police believe they left their baby out open and found them without the baby.
Photographs taken at the Brighton scene show officers placing a child’s ear muffs into an evidence bag. However, it is not clear if they belong to their newborn.
UK police search for the infant after missing couple arrested
British police announced Tuesday that they had launched a major search to find a baby aged two months after arresting the mother and boyfriend of the infant. The couple had been missing since January.
Constance Marten, 35 years old, and Mark Gordon, 48 years old (convicted sex offender), were on the run since January when the baby was born. They were spotted all over the country and police stated that they tried to hide their identities by covering their faces and paying cash for everything.
After a tip from the public, Marten and Gordon was taken into custody on suspicion of child neglect in Brighton, southern England. Police launched an immediate search operation in the area after discovering that the baby was not there.
How Constance Marten was caught and Mark Gordon captured
Constance Marten, a missing aristocrat, and Mark Gordon, her boyfriend were on the run for fifty-three days. A member of the public helped them to get out of a corner shop.
A passerby recognized the couple thanks to media appeals. Police arrived just six minutes later and escorted them up a nearby Brighton street.
“Just after 9:30 pm yesterday evening, a member of the public – on the back of media reports of images of the couple – saw them outside the Mulberrys convenience shop on Hollingbury Place,” said Detective Superintendent Lewis Basford.
“They saw the couple withdraw cash and dialed 911. It took six minutes for police to arrive on the scene after that call was registered.”
CCTV captures Constance Marten and Mark Gordon moments prior to their arrest
Surveillance footage shows Constance Marten, an aristocrat, and Mark Gordon moments prior to their arrest on February 27th.
They can be seen passing a house at 9.25 pm, before being taken into custody in Brighton by police.
They were further detained on suspicion of gross negligence, manslaughter, and fear for their baby.
Who is Napier Marten’s Father who appealed to his daughter for help when he was away from the baby
After Constance Marten, 35, and her partner, Constance Marten (a convicted rapist), became the subject of a “high-risk” missing person investigation, the Marten family, which has been dominating headlines, is now the aristocratic Marten clan.
Constance Marten was urged by Napier Marten to get her and her child safe as soon as she can.
Marten appealed to his daughter Jan. We are very concerned about your welfare and that of your baby.
Constance Marten and Mark Gordon were arrested on suspicion of gross negligence manslaughter
As a major search for their missing baby continues, a missing aristocrat has been arrested with her partner on suspicion of manslaughter.
Constance Marten, Mark Gordon, and a third person were spotted outside a Brighton corner store by a member. They refused to give police any information about the infant or whether it has been in harm.
As hundreds of police officers started to comb a 91-square mile corridor of open land where the child could have been abandoned, Ms. Marten’s father told The Independent his relief at the news she had been found safe was tempered by the “very alarming” concerns about her child.
As the search for a missing baby continues, we have new pictures
A major operation by police to locate Constance Marten’s baby.
Constance Marten, the runaway heiress, and her rapist partner.
The couple fled from their car that was on fire, leaving it on the shoulder of the M61. They were an aristocrat and a sex offender and their newborn baby who had been born only a few days earlier. They fled from the fire near Bolton that destroyed their possessions. They then traveled to Liverpool, Harwich, Colchester, and East Ham Station in East London in two days.
They were on the run for over a month. On Tuesday 28 February, police confirmed that the couple had been taken into custody on suspicion of gross negligence. The search for their baby continues.
Police are combing open land and compost bins in an extensive operation to locate Constance Marten’s baby missing.
After being taken into police custody in Brighton, Mark Gordon and the runaway aristocrat were arrested on Monday, 27 February, on suspicion of child neglect.
Since their taxi was set on fire on the M61 in Bolton (Greater Manchester) on 5 January, they had been traveling around the UK by taxi.
It is not known where the child, who was born last week, is now.
Napier Marten: My immense relief she’s been found — and my fears for her missing baby
The father of Constance Marten, a runaway aristocrat, has expressed his relief that his daughter was found. However, he also said he was very worried about her newborn baby who is still missing.
Napier Marten, a father who sent two tender pleas to his daughter while she was on the run along with her convicted partner in rape, told The Independent that no matter what the weather, he loved her deeply and would support her as best he could.
He said that it would have been better if they had surrendered earlier.
After the discovery of a missing couple, there is a high risk that a baby will be taken.
Constance Marten’s baby is being sought by detectives who are trying to locate her. They have stated that the risk to the infant’s welfare is “as high” as it has been in the investigation as they search the Sussex sub-growth.
After several weeks of evading the police, Mark Gordon and the aristocrat were arrested in Brighton Monday on suspicion that child neglect. The child was not present with them.
After a 911 call from a member of the public who had seen media reports on the couple, the couple was taken into custody.
