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Cwmcarn baby can now be laid to rest

Published in News on Friday May 14th, 2010. Last updated at 16:55

A baby boy found dead behind a local Spar shop can be laid to rest after a coroner formally released his body.

The newborn baby was found wrapped in a towel in a carrier bag, which was hanging on a gatepost, behind the Spar in a lane off Newport Road, in Cwmcarn, on March 18.

Coroner’s officer Howard Salmon told the inquest: “A post-mortem examination carried out by a Home Office pathologist proved inconclusive.

“Further tests have been undertaken and investigations by Gwent Police continue.”

A woman had been arrested on suspicion of concealment of a birth and has been bailed pending further inquiries.

The inquest into the boy’s death was opened and adjourned in Newport.

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