Woman questioned after baby’s body found

A 22-year-old woman was being questioned by police in Northern Ireland last night following the grim discovery of the body of a new-born baby in a burning bag on a country roadside.

The baby girl was found by a farmer outside Ballyclare, Co Antrim early yesterday after he saw a fire near a car parked on a hillside road minutes before the vehicle drove off.

The farmer, who asked not to be named, said he was horrified after raising the alarm and being told by police that a baby had been in the burning plastic bag he found near his farm in the Carnlea Road area of Dunamoy.