Constance Marten and her partner Mark Gordon have been found guilty at the Old Bailey of concealing the birth of a child and perverting the course of justice but will be retried over the death of the baby.

The CPS announced that the pair will face a retrial after the jury failed to reach a verdict on the charge of manslaughter by gross negligence.

Marten and Gordon had been on trial at the Old Bailey accused of killing their daughter Victoria, whose body was found in March 2023.

There had been a high-profile police search for the missing baby which culminated in the couple’s arrests in Brighton last February, with the child found days afterwards.

The couple spent 54 days on the run, before hiding out in a tent on the South Downs.

They were eventually arrested in Brighton on February 27 on suspicion of child neglect, however, baby Victoria was not with them.

Her body was found two days later on March 1 in a disused shed.

Marten and Gordon's trial began on January 25. Jurors began deliberating on April 30 and were discharged after more than 72 hours of deliberation.

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