In France, a couple has been arrested when a baby was found inside the boot of their car by their mechanic at the Dordogne region.

CEOAFRICA.com gathered that the baby girl aged between 15 and 23 months, was naked, pale and feverish, as her mother said she had kept the birth a secret.

She (the mother) and her partner were arrested on suspicion of child abuse, while their other children have been taken into social care.

According to a local prosecutor, Jean-Pierre Laffite, described the situation as that which defied belief.

"The girl was suffering from serious [developmental] delays," he said.

Guillaume Iguacel, the mechanic who found the girl, said he was having trouble sleeping.

"It was a horrifying sight seeing this little girl in her own excrement, not able to hold up her head, white as a sheet," he explained,

Mr Iguacel said the garage staff had told the mother to remove the girl from the boot and give her something to drink immediately