Zilvinas Ledovskis, 50, was charged along with his ex partner Egle Zilinskaite, 31, after the bodies of two babies were found in a home in South Wales – but has been found not guilty
A man has been found not guilty of preventing the decent burial of two babies who were found dead at a home in south Wales.
Zilvinas Ledovskis, 50, was charged with two counts of concealing the birth of a child – and two counts of preventing the lawful and decent burial of a dead body along with his ex partner Egle Zilinskaite. But after a review of the evidence, Mr Ledovskis was found not guilty at a hearing before Cardiff Crown Court on Tuesday. The prosecution said it would be presenting no evidence against him, while Zilinskaite, 31, pleaded guilty to the charges in April last year.
Zilinskaite, of Crwys Road in Cardiff, is due to be sentenced later this year. Addressing Mr Ledovskis, Judge Tracey Lloyd-Clarke, the Recorder of Cardiff, said: “The prosecution has offered no evidence against you and accordingly I direct not guilty verdicts to be entered. That concludes the proceedings so far as you are concerned.”
The charges relate to the discovery of two babies at an end-of-terrace home in Maes-Y-Felin, Wildmill, Bridgend, in November 2022. The two children, previously referred to as Baby A and Baby B in court, died some time between January 1 2017 and November 26 2022.
In an initial statement following the case, a South Wales Police spokesman said: “Detectives investigating the discovery of the bodies of two babies at an address in Wildmill, Bridgend in November 2022 have charged two people. Egle Zilinskaite, 30, and Zilvinas Ledovskis, 48, have both been charged with two counts of concealing the birth of a child and two counts of preventing the lawful and decent burial of a dead body. They will appear before Cardiff Magistrates Court on February 20th.”
Van driver Ledovskis, of Phoebe Road in Swansea, and his partner are believed to have lived in the end-of-terrace property for roughly a year. Shocked neighbours of the pair spoke of their horror following the discovery of the bodies, but said they never heard or saw babies in the home.
Next door neighbour Charmaine Gardener-Ponting, 27, told how she had never heard or seen any babies in the property. She said: “We were told by police that they were called to investigate another matter and that’s when they found the babies.
“The one guy was always working on his car in the garage. I didn’t know if two men lived there but he was certainly always there. We would hear them having people round in the back garden and speaking a foreign language..”
Neighbour Jordan Mansell, 33, said: “It was crazy. First a police van turned up and then there was another one and another one.
“I saw them bring the body bags out. They weren’t big ones for adults sized. It was just heartbreaking.”
Richard Davies, 33, said: “It’s shocking. I have never seen a woman in the house let alone a baby. I thought it was two men living there with the dog.”
A mum-of-four living on the road said: “It is absolutely heartbreaking. I have four children of my own. They used to play out here in the street but I won’t let them now.”