Missing aristocrat’s partner raped neighbour armed with ‘garden shears’ – latest

The boyfriend of missing noblewoman Constance Marten raped a neighbor with a pair of garden shears during a hostage situation when she was a teenager.

Mark Gordon, who is on the run to the UK with Ms Marten and their newborn child, committed the attack in Florida in 1989, aged 14, and was subsequently jailed for 20 years.

The 48-year-old was born in Birmingham, West Midlands, but he, his mother and half-siblings moved to the US in 1989 when he was still a child.

He had committed the crime in April the same year. Gordon armed himself with garden shears and a kitchen knife, then in a four-and-a-half-hour ordeal attacked his neighbor, who held him hostage and sexually assaulted him, the daily Mail Report.

The paper said two young children were sleeping in an adjacent room at the time of the attack.

Mark Gordon broke into his victim’s home through her bathroom window, it has emerged.

He then found a pair of her socks and used them as a face mask before carrying out his attack.

Once he confronted the woman, he ordered her to go into the bedroom while armed.

He ordered her to strip before sexually assaulting and raping her, reports the Daily Mail.

friend of constance marten He claims he had previously warned the missing mother about men she “loves” but she “doesn’t listen to anyone”.

Noisette Tahoun, who worked in the same film production company with Ms Marton in Cairo, Egypt in 2010, said she was “not surprised” when she found out The 35-year-old was reported missing.

talking to IndependentMs Tahoun said she had told the successor to “take care of the people she meets”.

my colleague Thomas Kingsley Report:

Tom Ogg Investigates the disappearance causing a stir in the high places: They abandoned their burning car on the hard shoulder of the M61 and fled – a nobleman, a sex offender, and their child, who had been born just a day or two earlier. From Hell near Bolton, with all their belongings thought to be destroyed, they traveled over the course of two days first to Liverpool, then to Harwich, Colchester in Essex, and East Ham station in East London.

That blurry CCTV footage from January 7 is the last confirmation of Constance Marten, 35, the heiress’s face wrapped in a red scarf, her baby swinging inside her coat. With him is convicted rapist Mark Gordon, 48, his head covered and leaning away from the camera. Police concerned for the child’s health are searching for the couple but they are believed to have a large amount of cash, allowing them to live off the grid.

So how did Marten, whose father was a page to Elizabeth II, go from gracing the pages of the society bible Tatler to being on the run with a man who, after stealing and raping a woman as a teenager, was arrested in Florida? spent 20 years in captivity before being deported to Britain?

A friend of Constance Marten claims she had previously warned the missing mother about men she “loves” but she “doesn’t listen to anyone”.Thomas Kingsley writing,

Noisette Tahoun, who worked in the same film production company as Ms Marton in Cairo, Egypt in 2010, said she was “not surprised” when she learned the 35-year-old had been reported missing.

talking to IndependentMs Tahoun said: “I was not shocked when I heard he was missing. I know that when she falls in love she goes wherever she goes with the one she loves.

“I’ve advised him about it… I’ve warned him to take care of the people he’s close to.”

Independent has put together a map with locations where Constance Marten and Mark Gordon have been seen since police reported them missing.

The last known sighting of the couple was on 7 January in East Ham, London, two days after they had abandoned their burnt-out car on the side of the M61 near Bolton, more than 200 miles away.

More than 200 police officers are involved in the search for Constance Marton, her partner Mark Gordon and their newborn baby.

The Metropolitan Police said officers have so far scanned more than 200 hours of CCTV footage.

Police said the missing couple knew how to evade the authorities, which made the search more difficult.

It recently emerged that Mr. Gordon is a convicted rapist who was jailed in America.

The pair were last confirmed on 7 January, two days after their disappearance, on CCTV at London’s East Ham station.

Police have said Constance Marten and Mark Gordon have enough cash on hand to allow them to live off-grid.

The daughter of an aristocrat, the convicted rapist and her child were left with no belongings after a car fire destroyed most of their belongings, and are using cash to pay for taxis and places to stay.

The couple are understood to have lived separate lives since meeting in 2016, with Ms Marten, then a drama student, breaking ties with family and friends.

Last September, he began moving around the country, renting AirBnBs for brief periods before going missing after abandoning his car on January 5.

Police investigating the disappearance of Constance Marton, Mark Gordon and their newborn baby said the couple knew how to evade authorities, making the search difficult.

Officers believe they could be anywhere in the UK and are appealing to the public to come forward with any information that could help locate them.

Investigators said it was unusual for hotels to accept cash payments and appealed to staff at hotels or hostels where the couple may be staying to come forward.

Andy Gregory Walks through the roots of Constance Marten, the aristocrat’s daughter missing with her child:

Constance Marten, 35, is the granddaughter of Mary Anna Marten, a British museum trustee whose godmother was the late Queen Mother, and who owned the Critchell estate in Dorset.

Her paternal grandparents were Toby Marten, a lieutenant commander in the Royal Navy, and his wife Mary Anna, who had close ties to the royal family, attending the Brownie Pack at Buckingham Palace with Princess Margaret in her youth.

A noted archaeologist, Ms Marton was awarded an OBE in 1980 and nine years later was appointed High Sheriff of Dorset. He was also made a Trustee of the British Museum and traveled widely to aid his profession, making frequent visits to Iran and 30 trips to Russia.

The late couple and their family lived at the huge Critchell House – which has been used as the backdrop for several period dramas, including Emma starring Gwyneth Paltrow—whose ownership became the center of an infamous political scandal in the wake of World War II.

He was survived by five daughters and one son, Napier Marten, who was a page to Queen Elizabeth II. In 1996 he took a spiritual search trip to Australia, later returning to work as a tree surgeon near Critchell House.