Holding charge laid against man and woman in connection with infanticide and concealing birth of child case in Castle Peak

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     Police today (June 30) laid holding charges against a 28-year-old woman with one count of infanticide and one count of concealing birth of child, and a 43-year-old man with one count of concealing birth of child.

     The man and the woman were arrested in the small hours today in suspected connection with an infanticide and concealing birth of child case happened yesterday (June 29) in Castle Peak in which an abandoned newborn baby girl was found inside a plastic bag in a trolley outside the refuse collection point of Yau Oi Estate. The baby girl was certified dead at scene.

     The case will be mentioned at Tuen Mun Magistrates’ Courts on July 2.

Ends/Saturday, June 30, 2018
Issued at HKT 22:10

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