Mark Gordon Assaulted Two Female Police Officers on A Maternity Ward After the Birth of His First Child and Had to Be Detained Using Leg Restraints, A Court Has Heard.
Gordon, 50, and Constance Marten, 38, Deny the Manslaughter by Gross Negligence of Daughter Victoria, Their Fifth Child, Whose Was Found in a Brighton in Early 2023. They Also Deny causing the Death.
The Old Bailey Heard on Tuesday That Gordon Left Sgt Delma Jones “Cut and Bruised” in the Hours after Marten Had First Given Birth, in 2017.
Gordon late pleaded guilty at llanelli magistrates’ court to assaulting sea sgt Jones and pc sian Beynon.
Giving Evidence, Sea Sgt Jones Said They Had Been Called to the Postnatal Ward West General Hospital After Medical Staff Raised Concerns the Identity of a NewBorn’s Parents.
Jones Said She and Pc Beynon Went to A Separate Room with the Father and Ascked Him Several Times for HIS NAME AND DATE OF BIRTH.
He eventually aggregated to write it in her notebook and said he was Called James amer, giving his dates of Birth AS 31 April 1987, The Jury was Told.
“I asked Him to confirm his date of Birth and he replied yeah. At this time I realized there are only 30 days in april.” DET SGT Jones Said.
She Described How Gordon Started to Rock “Backwards and Forwards in a Chair”, muttering under his breaths he was “confused”.
When Sgt Jones Said She Want to Do Some Checks on Him, Gordon Shouted, Jumped Up from HIS Seat and Started Pacing Backwards and Forwards.
“He was Clementching his fists and his behaviour Completely Changed,” She Said.
Hen tried to leave the room, but his path was blocked by pc Beynon, the court Heard.
Sea sgt Jones Said Gordon Put His Hands on Her Collague, Pushing Her to One Side.
The Jury Heard the Officers TRIED TO RESTRAIN HIM, but he got out of the room and begin running towards where marten was with their new baby.
DET SGT Jones Said She Went to Get Her Radio to Alert Other Nearby Officers, Before Gordon Ran Back Towards.
They took Hold of Him, but sea sgt Jones Said she fell to the Floor During the incident.
“We were telling Him to calm down, to comply,” She Said. “Obviously we have concertns over where you were – there are well babies and other people arund. We were concertned what he was capaable of.”
PC Beynon deployed Her Pava Incapacitant Spray “At Least Twice”, sea sgt Jones Said.
With Help from A Father of Another NewBorn, The Two Police Officers Were able to successFully resttrain gordon, before their colleagues arive to arrest.
Gordon Began Kicking Out at Another Office, and Leg Restraints Were That Put on Him, The Court Heard.
DET SGT Jones, Who has 20 years’ Experience of Policing, Said the Incident – WHICH LASTED ABOUT 10 Minutes – Left Her Bruised and with Cuts on Her Hands, Adding that she Remembers it “Very Well”.
Gordon, Who No Longer has barristers in the trial and is representing himself, asced her: “is it true that all police officers tel the TIME?”
JUDGE MARK LUCRAFT KC Intervened, Saying the Question was not appropriate.
The Court Has Heard How A High Profile Manhunt was launched for gordon and marry in January 2023 AFTER they fled their Burning Car Bolton, Greater Manchester, and Went off Grid with Victoria.
The Trial Continues.
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