The couple are thought to have made inquiries about a baby at the Royal London hospital last week Dan Kitwood/Getty ImagesA couple have been arrested on suspicion of attempting to abduct a premature baby from Great Ormond Street Hospital. The man, 31, and woman, 25, were held on Monday after allegedly showing a photograph of a newborn baby in an incubator to staff at the children’s hospital and claiming that they were there to collect the child. Scotland Yard said yesterday that a couple fitting their description had been reported by staff at the Royal London hospital in Whitechapel, east London, last Friday after they made inquiries about a baby before leaving. Officers were called to Great Ormond Street, near Russell Square in central London, at about 2pm after the couple allegedly tried to gain access to the neonatal ward. Staff were told that the…

Source: The Times March 10, 2017 01:07 UTC