Alfie age 13 Not The Father

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Member Since: October 2003 Posts: 6,517 Send Message	Jean Durant	Report	19 May 2009 07:46
	I'm sad and glad. Sad for Alfie because he thought he was a dad and appears disappointed not to be but glad for Alfie because he isn't one and perhaps can now get back to leading a normal life. Jean.
Member Since: January 2003 Posts: 11,594 Send Message	~~~Secret Red ^^ Squirrel~~~ 007 1/2	Report	19 May 2009 07:26
	I never thought this should have been in the papers to begin with as they were all too young. Imagine having to deal with the media and public speculation at that age?....and now it turns out he wasn't even the father.
Member Since: September 2004 Posts: 3,095 Send Message	☺Carol in Dulwich☺	Report	19 May 2009 07:22
	Teenager Alfie Patten was "extremely distressed" to discover he was not a father, it can now be reported. The 13-year-old was thought to have made Chantelle Stedman, 15, pregnant but a paternity test proved this untrue. Another boy, Tyler Barker, 15, who lives on the same estate as Chantelle in Eastbourne, is in fact the father of baby Maisie, according to reports. If schoolboy Alfie had been the father he would have made Chantelle pregnant at the tender age of 12. The story renewed calls for better sex education in England, which has the highest rate of teenage pregnancies in western Europe. The test result can be revealed after East Sussex County Council failed in an attempt to ban reports of the case.