Newborn baby found dead outside church was ‘baby boy’

The Metropolitan Police are calling on the mother to come forward for her wellbeing.

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00:00So, a pretty disturbing story in an otherwise fairly tranquil part of inner west London.

00:09I think for many, stories like this have become all too familiar. We understand it was a newborn

00:16baby boy who was found dead inside a Marks and Spencer's shopping bag. Outside this church

00:23here in Notting Hill, we heard how a council refuse worker made the discovery after spotting

00:31a black bag with avocados on top of it outside All Saints Church at just around quarter to

00:38one on Tuesday afternoon. The Metropolitan Police on Wednesday have reiterated calls

00:46for the mother, who is thought to have recently given birth, to come forward on for her welfare

00:54and health, reading a statement to media outside the church on Wednesday morning. Superintendent

01:01Owen Renauden described the discovery as tragic. Marsha Haynes, who is the Deputy Church Warden

01:12at All Saints Church and a local resident, said she had never heard of anything like this in her

01:19life after the discovery of the newborn. She told reporters how she came out to prepare for the food

01:27bank and how she then saw the police arriving. She also explains how she let a number of officers

01:34into the church as part of their search. Most of the cordon around the church has now

01:41been removed.