Alfie, 13, Not The Dad, DNA Tests Reveal
10:18am UK, Tuesday May 19, 2009
Schoolboy Alfie Patten did not father a baby when he was 12, DNA tests have shown.
Alfie Patten: Paternity test revealed another teenager is the father
The boy, now 13, believed baby Maisie was his biological daughter.
But a paternity test revealed that another teenager is the father of the child, born to a girl of 15.
Attempts by East Sussex County Council to ban reports of the result failed.
Alfie, from Eastbourne, was "extremely distressed" when told he was not the father, the judgement from Mrs Justice Eleanor King revealed.
Mrs Justice King said the mother had been taunted in the street and called a "slut" by strangers since her pregnancy.
"I was crying a lot every day," the girl said.
The story renewed calls for better sex education in England, which has the highest rate of teenage pregnancies in western Europe.