A man on trial with his partner over the death of their newborn baby has described the prosecution case against him as “like a script from a movie”. Mark Gordon said in his closing speech that the prosecution had “just made things up” during his retrial with Constance Marten at the Old Bailey in London....
Aston Villa show Jadon Sancho interest, Newcastle make Burnley’s James Trafford their top target and Liverpool consider Anthony Gordon move. Aston Villa have become the latest club to show an interest in signing England winger Jadon Sancho, 25, from Manchester United following his loan at Chelsea. (Teamtalk), external Newcastle United have made Burnley and England...
Mark Gordon was convicted of a series of sexual offences, including rape, which took place in Florida in 1989 when he was aged 14, a jury heard on Thursday. The details of his previous convictions were read to the jury at a retrial of separate charges at the Old Bailey in London. Gordon and his...
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 body was found in a shopping...
Walsall were 12 points clear at the top of the table at one stage, 15 points clear of fourth place – but a 13-game winless run cost them automatic promotion. How it unfolded on the final day was even more agonising, as they were denied third spot by a 96th-minute Bradford City winner against Fleetwood...
“Ever since I walked in the door of the old main stand in 1999, it’s all I have wanted to do. I feel fortunate to still have the opportunity to do that for another year. “I took my time to come to this decision – I wanted to make sure it was right.” Gordon left...
Constance Marten has heavily criticised her “biological family” in an extraordinary cross-examination carried out by her partner and fellow defendant Mark Gordon during their retrial at the Old Bailey. Gordon, who is not legally trained, led the questioning after a judge allowed it. He is now representing himself in the case and is not using...
Daniel Sandford UK correspondent Julia Quenzler The jury in the retrial of Constance Marten and Mark Gordon have been told his barristers have withdrawn from the case. Judge Mark Lucraft KC told the jurors that from now on Gordon was going to represent himself. Marten, 37, and Gordon, 50, deny manslaughter by gross negligence of...
Heart of Midlothian goalkeeper Craig Gordon hopes Steve Clarke remains in charge of Scotland beyond next year’s World Cup. Clarke has indicated he was likely to leave after next year’s World Cup but 42-year-old Gordon is full of praise for what the former full-back has achieved with the national team. “I think he’s done fantastically...