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Cake day: October 30th, 2023

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  • These folks are real terrible people.

    “The papers reveal:

    Gordon did not call 999 after Marten fell from the window and he refused to let paramedics into their home to treat her

    Afterwards, Marten, pregnant with their third child, fled to Ireland to avoid contact with social services The couple put their children’s health at risk by refusing standard antenatal and newborn healthcare

    Once their older children were in care, they repeatedly missed contact sessions with them

    Faced with permanently losing her children, Marten told a court she would separate from Gordon in a desperate bid to keep them - but the judge did not believe her

    Marten and Gordon - a convicted rapist - returned from travelling around South America in June 2017. She was four months pregnant with their first child.

    The pair had travelled through a country during an outbreak of the Zika virus - which can affect a baby’s development - and the London hospital where Marten attended antenatal appointments became concerned. But Marten missed at least two more check-ups and then disappeared.

    The hospital was worried enough to put out a “national alert”. Marten’s family also hired a private detective to find her.

    Months later, she resurfaced in south Wales after going into labour. Using the name Isabella O’Brien, and putting on an Irish accent, she told staff at Glangwili Hospital, in Carmarthen, that she was from the travelling community. But they weren’t convinced and, remembering the national alert issued in London, called the police. When officers arrived, there was a physical struggle in front of the other mothers and their babies - and Gordon was arrested. He was later sentenced to 20 weeks in prison for assaulting two female police officers. This marked the start of a long and often chaotic journey through the family court system, in which Gordon and Marten repeatedly switched lawyers, represented themselves, or failed to turn up for hearings.“