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16:16 GMT, Sunday, 11 January 2009

No charges over abandoned newborn

The mother of a baby girl abandoned on a school playing field in Bedfordshire will not face charges.

Baby Chloe, who was less than three hours old, was left wrapped in a pink blanket and covered with twigs at Daubeney Middle School in Kempston.

She was discovered by teenagers and taken to Bedford Hospital South Wing, where police said she was doing well.

The newborn's teenage mother contacted police on Saturday night and is now being helped by social services.

'Social Services matter'

Bedfordshire Police said the baby was progressing well.

She was named Chloe by the nurses who cared for her after the two 16-year-olds who found her on Saturday afternoon brought her to the hospital.

Police said she weighed 6.5lbs (2.96kg).

A spokeswoman said police would take no further action against the mother, who she said lives locally.

She said: "She won't be facing charges. This is now a matter for social services."

Officers appealed for help in tracing the mother after the baby was found.

They feared she could have been in need of urgent medical treatment.



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Abandoned baby 'covered by twigs' (10 Jan 09 |  Beds/Bucks/Herts )

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