The reason for loss of life of runaway aristocrat Constance Marten’s child woman stays a thriller, the kid’s inquest has heard.

Marten, 35, and her boyfriend Mark Gordon, 48, have been arrested after child Victoria was present in a plastic bag in a shed beneath a heap of nappies on a Brighton allotment following a nation-wide search.

The couple are charged with the manslaughter of Victoria, concealment of the delivery of a kid and perverting the course of justice. They’ve additionally now been charged with little one cruelty and inflicting or permitting the loss of life of a kid between 4 January and 27 February.

The child woman’s inquest in West Sussex heard {that a} autopsy examination carried out on March 3 couldn’t set up a reason behind loss of life. No date of delivery had been given for Victoria, and the inquest was suspended as police proceed to look into the causes of her loss of life. 

An enormous search started after Marten and Gordon went lacking  

Gordon and Marten have been lastly arrested after a hunt lasting a number of weeks 

Joanne Andrews, the West Sussex assistant coroner, mentioned: ‘The inquest will solely resume if there may be enough motive to take action.’

Marten appeared on the Outdated Bailey on Monday through videolink from HMP Bronzefield in a white flowery shirt whereas her boyfriend appeared in a gray tracksuit from HMP Belmarsh.

A whole lot of officers from the Metropolitan Police and Sussex Police, in addition to search and rescue volunteers, scoured 90 sq. miles of land within the seek for the infant.

The couple have been caught on CCTV carrying heavy out of doors clothes, carrying baggage down the road, earlier than they have been arrested.

They have been reported lacking on 5 January after their automotive caught fireplace on the M61, close to Bolton.

It’s thought Marten had given delivery just some days earlier than and had not been assessed by medical professionals.

Over the next days, there have been sightings of them in a lot of locations, together with Liverpool, Essex, south London and East Sussex. The couple had been sleeping tough in a blue tent and had prevented being traced by the police by solely making funds in money and reserving accommodations utilizing false names.

Earlier, prosecutor Jeremy King advised the court docket the infant’s placenta was present in an deserted automotive on January 5 this yr with Marten’s passport subsequent to it.

‘Ms Marten has been in a relationship with Gordon since 2015 and a nationwide lacking individual marketing campaign was launched since 27 February with each events staying in and round accommodations within the UK utilizing taxis to get round.

Two-month-old Victoria was discovered useless wrapped in a plastic bag in an overgrown Brighton allotment’s locked shed following a nationwide seek for her dad and mom

Police had been making an attempt to ascertain the defendants’ whereabouts for a number of weeks

‘Together with Whitechapel the place they have been caught utilizing tenting tools.

‘They have been caught in Sussex final and arrested on 27 February this yr.

‘When arrested and brought into custody for these issues, they initially refused to reply any questions requested by police.

‘A search was undertaken of the world of the campsite the place a plot of allotments within the Brighton space.

‘Wrapped in a plastic bag beneath a sheet of nappies in a shed, a child was discovered inside.’

Marten was born to a rich household and grew up at Dorset property Crichel Home and her grandmother was a playmate of Princess Margaret. The promising drama scholar met Gordon in 2016 and so they led a nomadic life-style after leaving their dwelling in southeast London final September.

Marten’s estranged father Napier Marten is a former web page to the late Queen and her mom was the Queen Mom’s goddaughter.

Marten labored as a contract photographer earlier than beginning her drama course, and dropped out when she met Gordon.

Mr Marten and her mom Virginie de Selliers made public pleas for Constance’s whereabouts by way of the media whereas police supplied a £10,000 reward for data resulting in the couple being discovered.

They are going to subsequent seem for a point out listening to to contemplate custody closing dates on 25 August whereas there plea and trial preparation listening to has been set for August 18.

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