Tree tribute for dead infant

The baby's body was found in a shallow grave

A tree is to be planted in Northern Ireland near the site where the body of a newborn baby boy was found.

His body was found in a shallow grave on the shores of Strangford Lough near Newtownards, in County Down on 6 October.

Police said the infant was born alive and healthy but died of "horrific multiple injuries" which were inflicted shortly after his birth.

The tree will be planted by Nigel Marshall, the head gardener of Mount Stewart country estate on Saturday.

Renewed appeal

Intensive enquiries have been carried out but so far detectives have been unable to trace the parents.

On 8 November, detectives renewed their appeal to the mother and to anyone who could help identify the boy.

The police also said they had enlisted the help of a profiler in their efforts to trace the killer of the baby.

They said that a number of women have been eliminated from the inquiry and some of those as a result of DNA testing.

The baby's body was discovered by a member of the public walking along the Portaferry Road, close to Mount Stewart, in an area known locally as the Old Gasworks.