11 new cases for baby ashes scandal inquiry team

ELEVEN more families have come forward looking for answers to what happened to the cremated remains of their children as part of a Scotlandwide investigation into the disposal of ashes.

The cases have been registered with the National Cremation Investigation Unit, set up in June to look into those claims not already investigated at Mortonhall Crematorium in Edinburgh.

It is understood that “a number of new cases” have been brought forward from across Scotland.

A spokesman for the unit said: “I can confirm 11 new cases have been submitted in relation to Edinburgh and these will be thoroughly investigated. There has also been a number of new cases from across Scotland. However, no official figure has yet been compiled as families continue to register.”

Staff at Edinburgh’s Mortonhall crematorium secretly disposed of the remains of stillborn and dead newborn babies without their families’ knowledge over decades, from 1967 to 2011.

More than 200 families have been affected by the baby ashes scandal in the capital, with further cases reported in Aberdeen, Fife and Glasgow.