THE white coffin was so tiny it sat snugly in the arms of one police officer who carried it easily from hearse to graveside.

DNA tests on around 600 women started today in a bid to trace the mother of a murdered baby whose body was found dumped in a bin bag.

A post-mortem examination on the body of a baby girl found on the outskirts of Belfast earlier this week has established she suffered a head injury, police said tonight.