British schoolboy Alfie Patten, who made headlines earlier this year when it was reported he had got his girlfriend pregnant when aged just 12, is not the baby's father, it was reported this morning.
In February, Patten's 15-year-old girlfriend Chantelle Stedman gave birth to a daughter which, media reports said, made Patten Britain's youngest father.
"I thought it would be good to have a baby. I didn't think about how we would afford it," he said 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 the girl.
This morning it was reported that DNA tests had now revealed that Patten was not the baby's father. Instead the infant is the daughter of another schoolboy, who was 14 at the time Stedman conceived.
The results were revealed after a judge lifted a court injunction. The boy is said to be extremely distressed" at the news.