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26/08/2005
Mother admits concealing babies' remains
Ann Mahoney, 63, from Merthyr Tydfil has admitted three counts of concealing the birth of a child.
Mother-of-two Mahoney, a former nurse and a school governor was charged after the discovery of the remains of an infant in a suitcase at a former home in May this year. Two other bodies were subsequently discovered at her current residence in Merthyr Tydfil.
The court on Friday heard that all three of the infants were her own and that all three had been stillborn.
Mahoney admitted charges of concealing the birth of three infants in a period between January 1959 and March 2005 and January 1959 and May 2005.
The prosecution accepted that the infants were stillborn.
Mahoney was released on bail under the conditions set at her preliminary hearing.
(SP)
Mother-of-two Mahoney, a former nurse and a school governor was charged after the discovery of the remains of an infant in a suitcase at a former home in May this year. Two other bodies were subsequently discovered at her current residence in Merthyr Tydfil.
The court on Friday heard that all three of the infants were her own and that all three had been stillborn.
Mahoney admitted charges of concealing the birth of three infants in a period between January 1959 and March 2005 and January 1959 and May 2005.
The prosecution accepted that the infants were stillborn.
Mahoney was released on bail under the conditions set at her preliminary hearing.
(SP)
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