Baby 81 undergoes DNA tests

The infant dubbed Baby 81 after being found in the debris of Asia’s tsunami and the couple desperately trying to claim him underwent DNA tests today that could resolve a case that has come to symbolise families torn apart by the disaster.

Nine women initially claimed the three-month-old boy after he was found caked in mud amid corpses left by the St Stehpen's Day tsunami in Sri Lanka, but only one couple – Murugupillai and Jenita Jeyarajah – formally pressed their case in court.