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Police release new pictures of missing couple and newborn baby – £10k reward for information

Police release new pictures of missing couple and newborn baby - £10k reward for information

The Metropolitan Police have released new images of a missing couple and their newborn baby as they offered a £10,000 reward for information.

Police say they are “extremely concerned” about Mark Gordon and Constance Marten, who went missing after their car broke down in Bolton on 5 January.

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New CCTV of the couple near Brick Lane, east London

Detectives say their baby has been exposed to sub-zero temperatures for almost a month and the couple were “constantly moving and awake for at least a few days” after the birth.

The couple in Newhaven, east Sussex
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The couple in Newhaven, east Sussex

One of the new pictures shows the couple in Newhaven, East Sussex, on 8 January carrying bags containing a two-man tent, sleeping bags and pillows that they had purchased from Argos the evening before. It is the last known sighting of the pair.

CCTV image dated 07/01/23 of Constance Marten entering Flower and Dean Walk near Brick Lane, east London
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The couple in east London

Police said they got a taxi just before 1.30am on Saturday morning from Haringey, north London – which police captured on new CCTV – and were dropped off in Newhaven around 5am.

The previous night they dumped a pushchair in Spitalfields, east London.

Police say the couple could still be camping somewhere in the UK.

CCTV image dated 08/01/23 of Mark Gordon and Constance Marten in Allison Road, Haringey, north London
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New CCTV of the couple on Allison Road, Haringey, north London

Ms Marten, 35, who is from a wealthy family with connections to the royals, has lived an isolated life with Mr Gordon, a 48-year-old convicted sex offender, since they met in 2016.

Neither they nor their newborn have had any medical attention since they went missing.

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Father’s plea to missing daughter

Detective Superintendent Lewis Basford, who is leading the investigation, said: “We continue to be extremely concerned about the health and wellbeing of the newborn baby, which has had no medical care and has been on the move, and possibly exposed to sub-zero temperatures, for almost a month now.

“We’re also concerned for the welfare of Constance and Mark because our enquiries suggest that they were constantly moving and awake for at least a few days – which must be especially draining on someone who had recently given birth with no medical attention.

“Finding the baby is our top priority and we are now offering a £10,000 reward to anyone who provides information which leads to them being found.”