£10k reward offered to find Constance Marten & Birmingham partner Mark Gordon

Met Police detectives are offering a £10,000 reward for information that helps them to locate missing woman Constance Marten, her newborn baby and her convicted rapist partner Mark Gordon, who is from Birmingham.

The mum, who was estranged from her British aristocratic father, has been missing since January 9 along with her baby - believed to be a few weeks old now - along with Mark Gordon.

The couple disappeared shortly after Marten gave birth. Her car was found abandoned and on fire on the hard-shoulder of the M61 near Bolton on 5 January. Police are concerned that the baby has been exposed to sub-zero temperatures for almost a month.

Martten’s partner, Birmingham-born Mark Gordon, 48, was jailed for 20 years in the US for a sex offence. He reportedly took a neighbour hostage when he was just 14. Gordon moved to the US from Birmingham with his mother and his half-siblings in 1989.

The Met Police are trying to trace the family and are urging the public to report any sightings of them to the police. They believe the couple could be sleeping rough or camping somewhere in the UK.

Police had previously tracked the family to Newhaven, in East Sussex. They were dropped off in a taxi at 4.56am on Sunday, 8 January just outside the entrance to the port.

They were seen carrying the bags containing the blue two-man tent, sleeping bags and pillows that they had purchased from Argos the evening before – meaning they could still be camping somewhere in the UK.

However, they were no longer in possession of the pushchair that they were previously seen with after they dumped it in Flower and Dean Walk, E1, at 11.46pm on Saturday, 7 January.

What has the Met said about the reward?

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.

“Maybe you have been reluctant to come forward before, for whatever reason, with key information to help us find the family. It does not matter why you did not speak to us earlier, what matters is doing the right thing now for the good of a vulnerable newborn baby.

“Maybe you saw them wandering the streets? Perhaps they asked you for directions? Maybe they got into your taxi, or they came into your establishment to buy food and drink?

“Please contact us with any information you have, because every single bit of information we get will assist us with finding them. I’d like to stress that if you have taken cash to provide a service to the family, whether that’s giving them a lift, accommodation or something else, that you are not in any sort of trouble, we just need to hear from you.”