A court has dropped the murder charge against the mother of nine babies found dead in eastern Germany last year and will try her instead for manslaughter.

A WOMAN suspected of killing nine of her newborn children told German investigators she gave birth to them in secret, but cannot remember how they died because she was always drunk during labour, officials said yesterday.

A woman suspected of killing nine newborn babies found buried in eastern Germany has confirmed they were her children but cannot recall how they were killed.