New court date fixed for woman who buried baby

Angela Owen, 46, was arrested last year following an appeal for information on the BBC TV programme Crimewatch six years after workmen renovating Howroyd Hall, Barkisland, made the gruesome discovery.

Owen, traced to her new home in Glastonbury, has admitted concealing the birth and preventing his lawful burial as well as fraud offences.

At a previous hearing before Bradford Crown Court Owen admitted the charges on the basis that she had been the victim of domestic abuse at the time.

Yesterday prosecutor Christopher Tehrani said the prosecution did not accept her basis of plea.

The decision means that a further hearing has now been fixed to start on June 10 when a judge will hear evidence from various witnesses in relation to Owen’s claims.