EVIL mum Constance Marten has been banned from contacting her rapist lover in jail, a source claimed.
Marten, 38, and Mark Gordon, 51, were convicted of gross negligence manslaughter following a retrial last month.
Central NewsA 54-day hunt was launched for the pair after their burning car was discovered on the M61 motorway on January 5, 2023[/caption]
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AFPConvicted rapist Mark Gordon is locked up at HMP Belmarsh awaiting sentence[/caption]
The pair lived off-grid with their baby Victoria, and the tragic tot died while living in a tent in the South Downs with hardly any clothes or “means of keeping or remaining warm”.
Victoria, who spent “much of her life” in a Lidl bag for life, was later discovered dead inside an abandoned shed.
The couple are now awaiting sentencing, with Marten behind bars at HMP Bronzefield and Gordon locked up at HMP Belmarsh.
A prison source has claimed the mum, who had four children previously removed from her care, is now banned from calling Gordon or sending him letters from jail.
According to the insider, inter-prison calls are usually easy to facilitate, and happen on a “semi-regular basis”.
“But with Constance and Mark staff have been told there’s not a chance,” the source told the Mail.
“Prisoners are allowed to write to whoever they want to. But just because they pop it in the post bag it doesn’t mean it is going to get there.
“Every letter is read by security. Constance is going to be fuming when she finds out Mark isn’t getting any of them.”
The MoJ and Sodexo, which runs HMP Bronzefield, were contacted for comment.
This comes after a source also claimed Marten could be in for a “rude awakening” in jail.
The former socialite has allegedly been moaning about the food in HMP Bronzefield – nicknamed the women’s Monster Mansion.
The 38-year-old is the daughter of aristocrat Napier Marten, who was a page to the Queen.
But Marten is simply known as Prisoner A9624X at the 527-inmate prison, a mile south of Heathrow airport.
Now, Marten has made numerous complaints about life behind bars, according to one prison source.
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PAGordon, Marten and baby Victoria in a kebab shop in East Ham , London[/caption]
And she is accused of behaving like she is “above the jail and everyone in it”, the source claimed.
The source told the Mail: “She complains as much as any other inmate I’ve seen in my career and she’s got it a lot easier than most prisoners.
“She seems to think she is above the jail and everyone in it. She acts like it’s a mistake she’s in there and sooner or later someone will realise and she’ll be back out.”
Ahead of her sentencing next month, a source told the outlet: “Staff are a bit nervous about what she’s going to be like afterwards.”
Timeline of baby ‘killing’ – how couple evaded cops
CONSTANCE Marten and Mark Gordon allegedly sparked a 54-day manhunt across the UK after vanishing with their baby Victoria.
Here’s how the pair’s journey began…
December 20, 2022
Marten and Gordon booked into a holiday cottage in Northumberland, with the rental due to end on Boxing Day. The owner told jurors he found the property in “something of a state” on December 28.
December 24, 2022
The couple claim their baby daughter was born this day but this has been disputed by prosecutors.
December 28, 2022
Their Suzuki broke down on the M18 motorway so a recovery driver took them to a nearby Sainsbury’s. There was allegedly no sign of the baby but the back and side windows of the car had been blocked by clothing.
January 4, 2023
Marten and Gordon checked into the Ibis hotel at the Lymm Services in Cheshire then later the AC Hotel in Manchester.
January 5, 2023
The couple’s Peugeot 206 catches fire on the M61 motorway in Greater Manchester. Police launch an urgent probe after finding placenta, burner phones and Marten’s passport, jurors were told.
She and Gordon are taken to a Morrisons store in Bolton by a member of the public before being seen on CCTV at the nearby Bolton Interchange station.
The couple allegedly use Marten’s trust for a taxi to Liverpool, then a £400 cab to Harwich in Essex.
Cab driver Ali Yaryar, who picked the couple up from Liverpool, told the court: “I think the baby had no clothes”.
January 6, 2023
The couple arrive in Harwich and check into a Premier Inn at around 3am. They later move to the Fryatt Hotel, where they paid in cash, it was said.
January 7, 2023
Marten and Gordon travel by taxi to Colchester then to East Ham in London. The couple allegedly buy a buggy from Argos then grab another cab to Whitechapel.
They ate in a Brick Lane restaurant then dump the new buggy – choosing instead to keep Victoria in a Lidl bag, jurors heard.
January 8, 2023
The couple spend £475 on a taxi from Hornsey to Newhaven in East Sussex and walk to the South Downs National Park.
January 9, 2023
Both Marten and Gordon claim baby Victoria died on this day – making her 16 days old, the court was told. It is said there is no way of knowing this for sure.
January 12, 2023
Marten is captured buying snacks and petrol with cash but there was no sign of the baby. Prosecutors say she bought the fuel to cremate the baby but changed her mind.
January 16, 2023
Marten and Gordon are seen setting up a tent in Stanmer Park Nature Reserve in the South Downs despite the cold weather.
February 16/17, 2023
The couple are spotted near Hollingbury Golf Course in rural Sussex allegedly pushing a buggy with no baby. Their tent is later seen in Coldean Lane in Brighton
A driver sees the pair walking towards Stanmer Park with something under Marten’s puffer jacket, the court heard.
February 19, 2023
Gordon and Marten are allegedly seen in their tent in the park with a very young baby with a “wobbly” head. Jurors told the baby had no socks, blanket or hat on.
February 27, 2023
The couple are arrested in Hollingbury Place in Brighton but do not reveal Victoria’s location at first, it is said.
March 1, 2023
Tragic Victoria is found dead in a Lidl bag covered in rubbish inside a disused shed “like refuse”, the court is told.
“She is only expecting a couple of years maximum because she still believes what she was doing with her baby made sense.
“She thinks she’s just passing through here. We reckon she’s in for a rude awakening.”
Marten’s new life sees her also “complain constantly” about the food, according to the source.
“It’s almost as if she’s in a restaurant and is surprised about how poor the standards are. It’s like she doesn’t seem to understand where she is, that this is a prison,” they said.
Among the inmates serving life at the Surrey women’s prison are baby-killer nurse Lucy Letby and Beinash Batool, who murdered her ten-year-old step- daughter Sara Sharif.
A source previously told The Sun how Letby and Batool had become friends “partly for their own protection” as child killers are a target for other female prisoners.
And Marten, who can only mix with a handful of inmates including the dangerous pair, should consider making pals with them, it was claimed.
Marten has been put under 24-hour observation over fears for her safety, with guards checking her at least every five minutes.
But our source claimed Marten’s behaviour continues to be “odd” and it appeared that she was “deluded about what’s happened”.
Marten and Gordon were arrested in Brighton on February 27, 2023 following a nationwide manhunt after they fled with their newborn.
It was revealed the couple had four children between 2017 and 2021, but all were placed into care after strong concerns were raised.
Marten gave birth to Victoria without seeking any medical assistance in early 2022 and kept her “their little secret”.
The infant had hardly any clothes or means of keeping or remaining warm.
Victoria, who spent “much of her life” in a Lidl bag for life, was tragically discovered dumped among rubbish in a shed near Brighton.
At their first trial, which began in January 2024, they were convicted of perverting justice, concealment of a baby’s birth and child cruelty.
And when their “chaotic” second trial ended last month, a jury found the couple guilty of manslaughter.
The two lengthy hearings had cost taxpayers more than £10million.
ODD BEHAVIOUR IN COURT
By Summer Raemason
THE jury deliberated for 14 hours and 32 minute before reaching its verdicts.
Gordon looked to Marten before leaning his head back and closing his eyes.
Judge Mark Lucraft, KC, the Recorder of London, will sentence the couple on 15 September.
During their trial, the couple regularly argued between themselves and interrupted the judge.
They also refused to attend several hearing pretending to be ill, which nurses later disproved.
Marten herself was represented by 15 separate barristers, including seven KC’s.
The couple were regularly reprimanded for talking to each other during the trials.
One jury member told the judge they were being distracted by the defendants.
Gordon often attended with a large sack full of papers, while Marten had a stack of files.
The couple smiled, chatted and blew kisses at each other in the dock during their first trial.
They continued to chat and smile at each other when appearing at the Old Bailey throughout their subsequent hearings.
When Gordon was giving his evidence, Marten mouthed words of encouragement to him from the dock.
She also described the prosecution as “heartless” and “diabolical”.
Moments after being convicted, Gordon yelled from the dock: “I’m not surprised by the verdict. It was faulty, it was unlawful. This is not over, it has just begun.”
He also said it was “a scam”.
Marten at burning man festival in 2012
She was a former Tatler ‘It Girl’ and her family had close links to the Royals
Marten also travelled the world
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