Constance Marten and Mark Gordon: Pair charged with gross negligence manslaughter after body of baby found

Constance Marten and Mark Gordon have been charged with gross negligence manslaughter after the remains of a baby were found in woodland this week. The Crown Prosecution Service authorised Metropolitan Police to charge the pair on Thursday.

It comes 24 hours after Met Police said the remains of a baby had been discovered in a wooded area in Sussex, close to where a huge search operation had been looking. In an update today (March 2), police said they believe those remains may have been there for some time.