Toddler handed to grandparents after 'tragic' court adoption fight

The couple in their late 50s did not know of their granddaughter's existence until she was six months old and had already been placed with a family that wanted to adopt her.

A man and woman in their late 50s have won a High Court fight to stop a grandchild they had not known existed being adopted.

The couple learned of the girl's birth more than six months after she had been placed with a family who planned to adopt her.