A baby girl found abandoned in a shopping bag in London earlier this year has two siblings who were found in similar circumstances in 2017 and 2019.
A judge at East London Family Court ruled yesterday that reporting restrictions could be changed to allow the publication of the link between the three children, following an application by the PA news agency and the BBC.
It comes after a newborn girl, named Baby Elsa by hospital staff, was found by a dog walker in Newham on 18 January this year in sub-zero temperatures.
DNA testing has since shown she has a brother and sister, known as Baby Harry and Baby Roman, who were discovered abandoned in similar circumstances in the same area of the capital in 2017 and 2019 respectively.
The children's parents are yet to be identified, with the Metropolitan Police investigation into their identities ongoing.
Judge Carol Atkinson ruled restrictions should be lifted to allow the reporting of the relationship between the children, claiming it was needed for the "openness of justice".
Only certain other details of the three children, who are black, may be reported.
Baby Elsa was believed to be less than an hour old when she was found abandoned in a shopping bag at the junction of Greenway and High Street South in East Ham on 18 January this year.
Her sister, Baby Roman, was found in similar circumstances in a play area off Roman Road, Newham, in early February 2019, as freezing temperatures and snow gripped the capital.
In September 2017, Baby Harry was found wrapped in a white blanket in Balaam Street, Plaistow.
Harry and Roman - not their real names - have since been adopted.
But barrister Kate Claxton, representing Newham London Borough Council, previously told the court that the ongoing investigation means that Elsa's birth cannot be registered, meaning no final decision regarding her care can be made.
A further hearing in her case is expected to be held at a later date.
