29 Jul 2010

Couple held after bodies of babies found

8:32 am on 29 July 2010

Police in France have detained a couple after the bodies of eight newborn babies were found at two properties in a northern village.

Neighbours say the new owners of a house in Villers-au-Tertre found the bones of infants in their garden.

Police found more bodies at another house where the arrested pair now live.