Yates trial: 'Horror house' greeted police

The trial of a woman facing the death penalty for drowning her five young children has heard of the scene of horror which greeted police.

The trial of a woman facing the death penalty for drowning her five young children has heard of the scene of horror which greeted police.

Officers who arrived at the home of Andrea Yates, 37, found the bodies of four children. One was a six-month-old baby laid out on a bed. Another child was face-down in a bathtub where his mother had drowned him.

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