A MUM who buried her five-week-old daughter three times after police retained parts of her body fears she still has not buried all of her little girl.

Janine Aldridge has spoken of her anger at finding out her daughter Leah had not been buried whole after her post mortem examination.

Miss Aldridge, aged 32, feared her daughter was still not properly laid to rest and wanted the issue made public to help others who could be in the same position.

She said: “She’s my little girl and she’s been laid to rest and that’s where I go and she’s safe there now and not having all of her there I feel I buried her under false pretences.

“My dad asked at the time if everything was with Leah and they promised him.”

Leah died after being shaken by her father in 2002, she died in hospital on Christmas day that year. She would have been 16 this year.

In 2017 Miss Aldridge described how the police knocked on her door “one Sunday morning” to tell her that during an audit they had found samples taken from Leah.

Miss Aldridge said: “My eldest is 13 and I have had to explain to her what’s happened. They know they have a sister but to have to tell them that ­— it’s been hard.”

She added: “It’s horrific really, it’s unthinkable. I’m upset and I’m pretty angry, I don’t feel I was told the truth from them at all.”

Det Chf Supt Mary Doyle from Greater Manchester Police, said: “This is a truly tragic case and our hearts go out to the family of Leah. What’s happened in their case is deeply regrettable and of course we recognise the distress Leah’s family must be feeling.”

After the first samples were found Miss Aldridge and her friend Jill Orrell worked to uncover the truth. Their investigation led to the discovery that more samples had also been shelved. Miss Aldridge, from Atherton, said: “I’m not just doing it for me it’s for all the other families.”

It is believed around 180 families in Greater Manchester may also have been affected by the issue.

Miss Aldridge fears more samples are yet to be found, she was shown a three-and-a-half page document listing all the samples relating to Leah.

Miss Aldridge’s MP Chris Green raised the issue in Parliament last week in the hope it would lead to an inquiry into the matter.