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Schoolboy Alfie not father of baby after all
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by glenajess | May 19, 2009 at 09:15 am
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DNA tests have revealed that a 13-year-old British boy who claimed to have fathered a child with his 15-year-old girlfriend was not the dad, according to a court judgment made public Monday.
In February, media said Patten's 15-year-old girlfriend Chantelle Stedman had fallen pregnant after a night of unprotected sex, possibly making Patten Britain's youngest father when she gave birth to daughter Maisie.
"I thought it would be good to have a baby. I didn't think about how we would afford it," he told the Sun at the time.
"I don't really get pocket money. My dad sometimes gives me 10 pounds."
But after the story was reported, other boys came forward to say they had had sex with Stedman.
The Sun said DNA tests had now revealed that Patten was not the baby's father. Instead Maisie is the daughter of another schoolboy, Tyler Barker, who was 14 at the time Stedman conceived.
The results were revealed after a judge lifted a court injunction and said Patten was "extremely distressed" at the news.
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at 22:06 on May 19th, 2009
Seemingly the boys concerned had known about sex but did not care about the outcome. Sex education is taught at British schools. Possibly the quality of sex education should be under fire?
I really dont think its a bad sign for comming times. This incident is not the normal thing and its not the run of the mill.
at 09:44 on May 19th, 2009
Children fathering children. I think this is the result of lack of sex education. Very very bad sign for the coming times!