Missing aristocrat Constance Marten ‘brainwashed by Nigerian cult’ before vanishing with rapist partner & baby
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It has been more than two weeks since Constance and Gordon, 48, ditched their burning car on a Manchester motorway and a nationwide hunt to find them – and their newborn baby – began.
In recent days it was revealed that Gordon spent 20 years behind bars for his four-hour attack on a neighbour – where he raped her and said he’d “kill her children” if she screamed.
A pal of Constance’s has now told of how her friend had been left “traumatised” by a charismatic Nigerian evangelical church leader.
Constance was said to have spent around six months living abroad while she was at university, working for the controversial pastor T B Joshua.
The friend, who has not been named, told MailOnline: “She ended up becoming one of his disciples in Nigeria.
“I believe she got brainwashed while she was over there. The experience traumatised her.
“She was not the same person when she came back.”
Constance – whose friends lovingly called her Toots – is believed to have joined Joshua after attending an evangelical-style course, exploring Christian beliefs in London.
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Abusive controlling relationships are frequently much like being in a cult, but the leader has only one “brainwashed” follower.