Constance Marten seeks to appeal against baby death conviction

Constance Marten asks for permission to object to the conviction of heavy negligence.

The Court of Appeal confirmed that the BBC received an application on behalf of Marten. Baby daughter Victoria’s body was found in a shopping bag in Brighton in 2023.

38 -year -old Marten and his partner Mark Gordon, 51 -year -old, the judge said they were trying to “sabotage” in July after a long re -trial in July was found guilty in Old Bailey. and “manipula”.

An previous application was rejected in February 2025 to object to a child’s first hearing of a child from Marten’s first hearing.

During the first hearing, the couple was also found guilty of hiding the birth of a child and misleading the course of justice without reporting his death.

The Royal Prosecutor’s Office was re -tried on charges of manslaughter after the jury could not reach a decision.

Pathologists are still not sure how Baby Victoria died, but prosecution, in January 2023, cold, humid and windy conditions in a small, thin tent sleeping together, he said.

The couple said Marten’s death was a tragic accident after falling asleep, holding the baby.

The court heard the couple fled to prevent Victoria from being taken out of them. The other four children were taken care of.

It took 53 days for the couple to be found, and after the evidence of a burnt car near Bolton, he recently proposed a birth.

They slept outside, they used facial coatings and nicknames while avoiding the police.

Baby Victoria was found on 29 February 2023 two days after the couple made. His body was allocated in the Hollingbury region of Brighton.

When he was sentenced to killing, the couple refused to stand on charges of heavy neglect, and Marten shook his head and sighed.

Marten and Gordon are expected to be sentenced on September 15th.