Missing Mum and 5 Day Old Baby Found

7 September 2011, 07:19 | Updated: 7 September 2011, 07:24

After a police search overnight, a new mum and her 5 day old baby have been found safe and well.

Police searching for went to an address in Hanworth, in north Norfolk, shortly after midnight where 25-year-old Catherine Hicks-Isaac, five-day-old Andrea and her partner 31-year-old Duncan Caine were found.

Andrea has been taken to the Norfolk and Norwich University Hospital as a precaution and both Catherine and Duncan are assisting police with their enquiries.

She had vanished yesterday after leaving the James Paget Hospital and going to see social services in Great Yarmouth.

Detective Inspector Marie James said: “We would like to thank the media for their assistance during this incident which has been resolved safely.

“The family continue to be supported by officers and partner agencies.”