"Alfie Patten, the 13-year-old who achieved notoriety as the baby-faced father, has been told the child is not his.After months of speculation, it can be revealed that Alfie, who would have been only 12 when baby Maisie was conceived, is not her biological father.
The teenager believed he had made Chantelle Stedman, 15, pregnant, but DNA tests have shown that the three-month-old is someone else's daughter.
The news can only be reported after East Sussex County Council failed in an attempt to ban reports of the case.
When the story broke in February, following Maisie's birth, there had been suspicions that Alfie, who looks no older than eight, was not the real father.
DNA tests were called for after several teenage boys claimed Maisie could be their daughter. But, before tests could be carried out, Mrs Justice Baron at the High Court ruled that the rights of the teenagers took precedence over the Press's right to report the case.
She passed an order that banned the reporting of any new information concerning Chantelle, Alfie and Maisie.
A further judgment made earlier this month by Mrs Justice Eleanor King, said the girl had been called a 'slut' by four people she did not know.
The teenager said she 'was crying a lot every day' and feared that the insults would 'go on forever'.
Alfie was 'extremely distressed' when he was told he was not the baby's father in March, the judgment revealed."
-- Caroline Grant, on what has to be the greatest discovery of this kid's life - whether he knows it or not - which is the position we've always held, along with The Daily Mail.
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