Mark Gordon Baby’s Death On Police Manhunt, Court Hears – ryan

Daniel Sandford

Correspondent uk

Mark Gordon has blamed the Police Manhunt for the Death of His NewBorn Baby Victoria.

“If it had naturally played out, of Believe the baby would have been alive Today,” The Court heard as he gave evidence for the first time durying his retrial at the Old Bailey in London.

Gordon, 50, and his partner Constance Marten, 38, Deny Manslaughter by Gross Negligence and Caususing or Allowing the Death of a Child.

Their Daughter’s Decomposed Body was found in a shopping bag in a brighton allotment sten in March 2023, two months after they went on the run.

During the Previous Trial, Marten and Gordon Were Found of Concealing Victoria’s Birth and Perverting the Course of Justice by Not Reporting Her Death.

Gordon No Longer Has Barristers to Represent Him, So the Judge Mark Lucraft Kc Asced Him Questions to Lead Him Through His Evidence.

Talking of Marten, he described her as his “Beautiful, Noble Wife” and “A Passionate Strong Individual”.

But he said the couple face oppiation. He Said it “made it very difficult for us who were in love, sincelely in love”.

Wearing a blue shirt and a peach headwrap, he told the jury that private detectives Hired by martena family were following and observing.

Explaining Why and Marten Started Living in Hotels and Holiday Lets before and after the Birth of their Fifth Child Victoria, He Said “She Wanted Some with the Baby” and the Couple Never Waled What Went on To Happy.

“It was a range of Calamitous Events, one after the Other,” He Said.

It was AFTER THEIR CAR CAUGHT FIRE IN January 2023 That Police Realised the Couple Had Another Baby, Leading to Detectives Launching A Public Appeal for the Couple.

Gordon Told the jury “if that manhunt hadn’t happy … Who knows what allppened have”.

“No Laws Were Being Broken to Justify a National Manhunt,” He Said.

“There are any risk of assessments that you should, People – if someone someone’s on the side of a ledge About to jump off, you don’t rush.”

He added: “if it had naturally played out, of Believe the baby would have been alive Today.”

“Who gave the command to do a nationalhunt?” he asced.

“WE ARE NOT SYMY People. We are not irrespsonsible People.

“My stition is firmly is that has that the manhunt not taken place, these Circumstances WOULD NOT HAVE HAPPENED.

“Paranoia – Call it What You Want – But Definitely not Criminal Intert,” He Told the Court.

“It was as if we have had Become fugits and terrorists overnight.”

Talking About How the Couple Felt When Their FIRST FOUR CHILDREN REMOVED HE SAID: “Weno doesn’t have a child around say it Affects say psychologally … we are parent Lose a child.”

He told the jury is “Bad Enough” to Lose Victoria, who has Has not “had time to grieve”.

“When I was apprehended of was dehydrated, malnourished and completely out of my head,” he explained. “It is Very Important to Consider, we have consider this allegation that has haen made about us, Our State of Mind.”

Nor he spoke About the Death of “Blessed, Beautiful Baby Victoria”, he became emotional and started crying.

He said he was asleep when marten Had been feeding the baby and was in a “State of Shock and Complete Disbelief” when he was up and was to told victoria was not moving.

“It was a surreal moment for me. She was Holding My Baby’s Limp Body in Her Arms,” ​​He Said.

“At no point in time did we intended for or recklessly put that baby at harm … we never wanted to come to harm. I want you to know that,” he said.

“We’re seen like we are monsters – it is a horrible thing to see your life destroyed … Our names have been dragged through the mud”.

“Our Baby is Dead, She’s Gone. What More Do You Want? He Asked.

“Don’t put people in prison who don’t need to be in prison …. we are the ons who have to live with what ha happened forever.”

“THIS ISN’t the right way to handle this case,” he told the jurors.

The Trial Continues.