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Parents safe and well after foetus left outside hospital

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The Met Police has confirmed that a man has come forward

A man has come forward after a foetus was found in a box outside a hospital in north London.

​The Metropolitan Police made an appeal after a box containing the 16-week-old foetus was discovered outside Barnet Hospital last week.

A man contacted officers on Thursday after seeing the appeal.​ Police said both parents were safe and well.

Officers said they had consulted the hospital and confirmed no offences had been committed.

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