Even in the dock, Constance Marten and Mark Gordon were caught up in their own world

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While sentencing the couple to 14 years imprisonment for killing their daughter, Judge Mark Lucraft KC ‘s said neither Marten nor Gordon gave much or any thought to their baby, adding that their focus was entirely on themselves. David James Smith explains how their strange bond didn’t falter as the darkest chapter of their long and complex history was laid bare

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he outsiders, the outlaws, the seemingly unlikely subjects of a nationwide manhunt, do not yet know it, but they have already spent their last night together for a long time to come. It is 27 February 2023 and, driven by desperation, the couple have come down from their hideout in the hills near Brighton and back to civilisation, in search of food. She goes into the convenience store, picks up a tin and puts it in her pocket to steal it.