Mother and son speak of shock when finding baby abandoned in shopping bag

A mother and son who found an abandoned newborn in a shopping bag at an east London park in freezing temperatures have spoken of their shock.

The baby girl, named Roman by the medical staff who went on to care for her, was left wrapped in a blanket in a shopping bag by a park bench late on Thursday.

Rima Zvaliauskas was walking her dog when she heard crying coming from a play area off Roman Road in Newham at about 10.15pm.

The former midwife told the BBC she was left shocked and stressed by the discovery.

Her son, Lvidijus, added: “My mum at 10 o’clock in the evening was walking the dog and she heard a noise coming out from a bag. She rang me up because she was too scared to approach the bag. When I came I just found the baby in the bag and we phoned the ambulance and the police.”

His mother said it was very cold and it began to snow shortly after they made the discovery.

Lvidijus described the incident as unreal. He said: “She just had a blanket on her and that’s it – in a Sainsbury’s shopping bag.”

Via BBC and Guardian