In a tense and emotionally charged moment captured on police body-worn video, fugitive aristocrat Constance Marten, 36, and her partner Mark Gordon, 49, were arrested on the streets of Brighton’s Hollingbury area on February 27, last year. The couple, who had allegedly been evading police while living off-grid with their newborn baby in a tent on the South Downs, became the focus of a high-profile manhunt after their disappearance made national headlines.
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The Old Bailey trial, which is currently underway, heard how the duo had managed to stay under the radar until a vigilant member of the public spotted them, leading to their eventual capture by the police. The subsequent discovery of their baby, Victoria, in a Lidl supermarket bag concealed among rubbish in a disused shed on March 1, has added a tragic dimension to the case.
