The body of a newborn baby was found discarded on a pavement in Robin Hills.

The area is undergoing fibre-optic cable trenching and this resulted in the gruesome discovery.

A witness, who works for the fibre optic company, found the body  at 10.45am today (15 August). The body of the baby was found covered in flies inside two plastic bags on the corner of Martha Avenue and Cherry Drive.

Linden Police spokesperson, Captain Walter Spensor, said, “We were called to the scene after the worker discovered the foetus in a plastic bag next to the fibre optic trench he was working in.”

Spensor added that an inquest docket will be opened. “If the mother is found she may be charged with concealment of birth.”

Neither the age nor the sex of the baby could yet be confirmed at this time. Government paramedics declared the baby dead on scene.

Police on scene were shocked at the discovery, one said, “The mother couldn’t have even put some sand over the baby to bury it.”

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