Schoolboy Alfie believed he had become Britain’s youngest dad after 15-year-old girlfriend Chantelle Stedman gave birth to daughter Maisie in Eastbourne, East Sussex. But DNA tests proved teenager Tyler Barker is the father.
Little Alfie Patten proudly told the world he would care for his newborn girl, but was left “extremely distressed” when he learned she WASN'T his. The schoolboy, who was just 12 at the time tiny Maisie was conceived, had vowed to “be good” and bring up the child.
But yesterday DNA results revealed in London’s High Court proved that elfin-faced Alfie did not father the girl by Chantelle. Instead, Maisie is the daughter of fellow schoolboy Tyler, who was 14 when Chantelle fell pregnant. It is said that Tyler is now intending to care for the three-month-old baby in the future.
schoolboy believed he’d become Britain’s youngest dad, saying: “When my mum
found out I thought I’d be in trouble.
“I thought it would be good to have a baby — I didn’t think about how we’d
afford it. I don’t really get pocket money. My dad sometimes gives me £10.”
Alfie, who pledged to leave school as soon as possible to get a job, was
convinced he was Maisie’s dad as Chantelle had told him she was a virgin.
The children’s parents pledged that they would do all they could to help the
youngsters bring up baby Maisie.
But within days of our story Tyler came forward, claiming he and at least
five other lads had slept with Chantelle.
He claimed he had regularly stayed
at her home, sleeping in her bedroom with the knowledge of Chantelle’s mum.
Five more boys in Eastbourne, East Sussex, also said that they had slept
with the schoolgirl.
Alfie refused to believe their claims, at one stage
donning a hoodie bearing the cheeky slogan “I’m the Daddy!”
He insisted:
“I’m the only boyfriend Chantelle’s had and we’ve been together two years. I
must be the dad.”
Soon after spiky-haired Tyler and the other boys made
their claims of sleeping with Chantelle, social services stepped in to take
control.
DNA testing was carried out on Alfie, Tyler and the other youngsters who made
claims.
And the results were revealed after East Sussex County Council
failed in a bid to ban reports of the case.
A judgment made last month by
Mrs Justice Eleanor King told of Chantelle’s tears at being branded a “slut”.
Tyler, who is now 15 and lives on the same estate as Chantelle, claimed he
slept with her thinking she would take the morning-after pill. He said: “I
thought she’d take care of it.”
Speaking before the DNA test, he admitted:
“I slept with Chantelle about nine months ago and I’m really worried I could be
the father. I hope it’s not me.
“All my mates have been teasing me about it
— but this isn’t funny, it’s serious. Having sex with her was the worst mistake
I’ve ever made in my life. I wish I’d never met her.
“To be honest I didn’t really fancy her. Now I’m terrified I could be the
daddy.”
Speaking in February, Tyler’s dad Chris Ireland said: “I’d no idea
Tyler was at Chantelle’s house because he was meant to be with a mate.
“But
when it came out that she was pregnant he came to see me and confessed that he
had slept with her.
“We were very worried. I even had a proper chat with him about his
responsibilities and about what he’d have to do if he was the dad.”
Chris,
44, said Chantelle seduced his son while he was drunk — and told how Tyler WEPT
when he realised he could have fathered the tot.
He said: “He’s devastated
and has broken down in tears at the thought.
“Far from bragging about it, he
thinks his life’s been ruined by this.” Despite the boys’ claims that they had
bedded Chantelle, she continued to insist that Alfie was the dad.
Her mum
Penny, 38, backed her and said her daughter was a virgin before she met
Alfie.source: TheSun
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