Burglary at 'attic babies' house

Ann Mahoney hid the bodies of her children in attics

Burglars have raided a house in south Wales in which the bodies of two babies were found.

The house in Merthyr Tydfil is the home of Ann Mahoney, 64, who admitted hiding the remains of a boy and a girl in the attic, and another boy in a different house.

Earlier this month Merthyr Crown Court court was told the stillborn bodies lay undiscovered for more than 20 years.

The former nurse was sentenced to a community rehabilitation order.

South Wales Police confirmed on Sunday that raiders had broken into the house in Forsythia Close on the Gurnos estate and had stolen household items.

Mahoney has not returned to the house since the court case and has been living with relatives.

When she appeared in court Mahoney admitted concealing the births.

Judge John Curran said: "A custodial sentence would be wrong and unjust."

The first baby - a boy, wrapped in a bin liner - was discovered when the new owner of her former home in Penyfan View on the Gurnos Estate looked in the attic.

Police then searched Mahoney's new address in Forsythia Close and discovered two further bodies in the attic -a girl in a suitcase and a boy in a bag.

Detectives in Merthyr have appealed for anyone with information about the break-in to contact them.