Mother of newborn baby found dead in Leeds pub toilet identified, say police

Paramedics were called to the pub at about 4.45pm but the baby was pronounced dead at the scene

The Three Horseshoes pub in Oulton, Leeds. Picture: Richard McCarthy/PA Wire

The mother of a newborn baby girl found dead in an English pub toilet has been identified, police said.

Officers had been searching for the woman after a baby was found in a bathroom cubicle at the Three Horseshoes in Oulton, near Leeds, just before 5pm on Sunday.