A German woman was today convicted of manslaughter and sentenced to 15 years in prison for killing eight of her newborn babies.

FAMILY members of a German mother accused of killing nine of her newborn babies testified yesterday that their suspicions that she was pregnant were met with denials.

A woman accused of killing nine of her newborn babies went on trial today in a case that shocked Germans and fuelled calls for tighter protection for children.

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.

POLICE have discovered the remains of nine newborn babies buried in a garden in eastern Germany and arrested a woman believed to be the children’s mother, prosecutors said yesterday.

Police discovered the remains of nine newborn babies in a German village and arrested a woman believed to be their mother, prosecutors said today.

Horst Koehler, a former head of the International Monetary Fund who has called for bolder economic reforms in Germany, was elected today as the country’s ninth postwar president.