Judge Carol Atkinson announced this Monday at the East London family courts that elsa, a baby abandoned in January 2024 in London, is not the first daughter that her parents leave on the street. In 2017 and 2019, his brothers Harry and Roman They suffered the same fate.
After six months of media silence, the judge concluded this week that “the story of the abandonment of a child is of public interest.” This decision is of particular relevance in the United Kingdom, where journalists They can only publish what the judge allows to protect the identities of those involved. Judge Atkinson explains that by restricting the right to report more details about little Elsa’s story, she would impact the British social conscience on these types of issues.
“Limits the transparency of justice”, he argues. His reasoning is that it is important that in today’s society it is known that there is a father and a mother who they felt the need to abandon their children In this way, not once, not twice, but three times!, which for her, makes the case “considerably interesting.”
Who is little Elsa?
The authorities believe that little Elsa He wasn’t alive for more than an hour. when she was found by a person walking her dog on January 18. The baby had still the umbilical cord, and was wrapped in a towel at the intersection of Greenway and High Street South in the London borough of Newham. The Metropolitan Police is working with Newham Council, the NHS and local charities to purpose of finding parents. For the moment, the task has not been accomplished.
The baby was found on the coldest night of last winter in Britain. For this reason, the hospital nurses named her in reference to the character from the Disney animated film, ‘Frozen’. At the hospital, It took three hours to take his temperature., since that night it reached -4ºC. DNA testing indicated that Elsa has a brother, known as Harry, who was abandoned in 2017; and a sister known as Roman who was abandoned in 2019.
Harry went found wrapped in a blanket in a park near Balaam Street in Newham, in 2017. The sister, Roman, was also found wrapped in a blanket inside a shopping bag, on Roman Road, in Newham. It should be noted that all three children are black. Both Roman and Harry were adopted, and their families changed their names. Different English media have announced that They will let the children know that they are brothers and that there is already a plan in place.
The Metropolitan Police published on Monday the statements of Jaime Humm, Detective Inspector of the North East Command unit: “We understand the great public interest that comes with the removal of restrictions that allow this information to be disclosed. It is important news and our work has focused on trying to locate the mother and provide her with support”. In addition, they are aware that the three brothers are being cared for by different families, so their privacy and well-being is paramount, aspects that will be considered throughout their investigation.
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