Concerns grow for mother of baby girl found dead in Portsmouth

Concerns are growing for the mother of a baby found dead by the roadside in Portsmouth on Saturday (25th).

The baby girl was left at the junction for Victoria Street and Old Commercial Road, Portsmouth, close to the birthplace of Charles Dickens.

Tributes have been left by members of the public at the spot where she was found.

Police say they are in the early stages of an investigation, and officers remain at the scene carrying out house to house enquiries in the area.

They are now looking to speak to five people who were seen on CCTV walking through Old Commercial Road from 5am onwards on Saturday morning.

Anyone with information should call 101, quoting Operation Cravat or 44200030626 or alternatively, they can call Crimestoppers anonymously on 0800 555 111.