Pair also charged with concealing birth of a child and perverting the course of justice after infant was found dead on Wednesday
A couple have been charged with gross negligence manslaughter, concealing the birth of a child and perverting the course of justice after the remains of a baby were found in woodland in Sussex.. They are due to appear in custody at Crawley magistrates court on Friday.They were detained without their child near Stanmer Villas in Brighton on Monday night after a tipoff from a member of the public. The pair did not reveal the baby’s location.
“Constance Marten, 35, and Mark Gordon, 48, have also been charged with concealing the birth of a child and perverting the course of justice. These charges arise from their arrest on Monday as a result of a lengthy police investigation to establish their whereabouts and that of their baby. He said: “At this stage, we have not yet been able to confirm the baby’s gender and a postmortem examination has not yet taken place.”
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