She told how she had treasured the ashes for three years. "They had sat on my shelf next to my baby scan," said Ness. In court, prosecutor Chris Paxton KC said "the ashes that Lucy was given could not have been those of her baby". Ness was clear to the BBC, however, that police had told her the ashes were animal remains. She and her partner, Callum Ellerby, were told their baby was cremated on 10 May 2021.