A boy was labeled britain’s youngest father until a test changed everything alfie patton revealed in 2009 that he had gotten his girlfriend pregnant when he was only 12 years old tyler barker 15 was discovered to be the biological father of the girl after dna tests revealed he was not the biological father alfie was very disturbed when he discovered the truth after insisting i
Must be the dad he appeared at lew’s crown court today to be sentenced for criminal damage which he was found guilty of the guy who previously claimed to be britain’s youngest parent escaped jail today after going on a drunken rampage and tearing up vehicles and other property in his neighborhood alfie patton now 23 of halsham east sussex revealed in february 2009 that he believed he had gotten his then 15 year
Old girlfriend chantel stedman pregnant when he was just 12. the case startled the country but dna tests later that year revealed that a 15 year old boy named tyler barker was in fact the father as previously suspected patton appeared in person at lou’s crown court today to be sentenced after being found guilty of criminal damage in december patton according to the court is now a jobless alcoholic who lives at home with
His mother and has a history of criminal offences on his record after being convicted on june 14th of shoplifting theft and possession of an imitation handgun he already had a 24-month suspended prison sentence hanging over his head however on july 11th he became inebriated and began cursing and yelling at an elderly homeowner before causing damage to automobiles on the street and in the vicinity of his home in helsham
Prosecuting attorney hannah hurley stated that patton intentionally kicked a van damaged a skoda car and smashed a fence while cursing and yelling at an elderly person he was intoxicated swearing and acting aggressively she claimed the young man was jogging up and down the road he was spotted arguing with and yelling at passing automobiles police said at the time of the alleged child fathering patton was just 13 years old
And his girlfriend chantelle steadman 15 a dna test however actually revealed that alfie was not the child’s biological father pat was observed staggering around and was apprehended by police and taken into custody in a police cruiser his actions caused the car to be taken out of service and thoroughly cleaned after he spat inside it patton’s family who included his sister and mother were in court to show their
Support for him they were dressed in a blue sweatshirt with a yellow eagle on the front nutan fetanya the defendant’s attorney stated that patton was urgently attempting to overcome his serious alcoholism and that his doctor was seeking medical and psychological assistance to help limit his drinking this is a young man who is cognizant of the issues that are at stake in the situation she explained rather of
Continuing his disruptive chaotic behavior which is extremely detrimental to his health he wishes to improve in order to become normal and seek serenity patton had five convictions for 12 theft and shoplifting offenses according to the information presented before lou’s crown court he also consumed alcohol on a daily basis the court heard patton was cautioned by judge janet wadacore that he should have faced an automatic jail sentence for violating
The terms of his earlier suspended sentence but she insisted that prison was not the best place for him your primary care physician believes that prison could be a very poor outcome for you and i agree you’re consuming dangerously large amounts of alcoholic beverages everybody can tell you that a slim young guy with a modest build and the amount of alcohol you’re consuming must be inflicting significant harm to you and
Your liver despite the fact that the story shook the country dna tests ultimately revealed that a 15 year old boy named tyler barker was in fact the girl’s biological father there aren’t many people in your situation that have the kind of familial support that you do most people would have thrown their hands in the air at you moreover she extended an existing
Rehabilitation order as well as a separate suspended sentence of one month and one week for the criminal damage offenses which were previously suspended you have a difficult road ahead of you but you cannot continue to commit crimes while under the influence of alcohol said judge wadacore patton was released from court today with his family after being warned that his behavior needs to improve and that any failure to do so would result in the
Activation of both suspended sentences which would result in being returned to prison the case which occurred in 2009 sparked a national debate over morality and adolescent pregnancy with then-tory leader david cameron claiming it highlighted worrying questions about contemporary britain alfie and chantal first met in 2008 when they were both 12 years old while playing in the streets of lower dicker a village in east sussex
Where they both lived his mother considered their friendship to be harmless enough and because alfie had not yet reached puberty she later stated that she had no concerns about them being left alone together he used to come over to her house for sleepovers and it was after one of these that chantelle revealed to him that she was four months pregnant it was in february 2009 that alfie was thrust into the position of father when
His daughter was born weighing seven pounds and three ounces as he later stated it was an insane moment it was incredible to be able to hold her for the first time i was too young to comprehend the ramifications of becoming a father but i enjoyed holding her and i fell in love with her right away the amount of attention it received was incredible everywhere i went people recognized me and asked me who i was i
Was unable to leave the house for several weeks i needed to take time off from school i saw the infant on a daily basis i took care of her and changed her diaper i didn’t spend much time playing computer games however six weeks later he received the shocking news that he was not the biological father and that their common friend tyler barker was the true father he described how he sobbed for days and
Was made even more depressed by the fact that chantel and her family had moved away and he could no longer see the baby patton was released from court today with his family after being warned that his behavior needs to improve and that any failure to do so would result in the activation of both suspended sentences which would result in his being returned to prison the story of how britain’s youngest father sparked a national debate about
Morality and underage pregnancy in the country a nationwide debate over morality and adolescent pregnancy was sparked by the case of britain’s youngest father in february 2009 at the time then tory leader david cameron described the case as raising worrying issues about modern britain alfie patton then 15 years old was very disturbed when he discovered he was not the father of the girl he had just given
Birth at eastbourne district general hospital he promised to leave school as soon as possible in order to assist the girl in raising their daughter in an interview at the time he was alleged to have stated i’m the only boyfriend chantel’s ever had and we’ve been together for two years so i guess i’m the father however after the tale made headlines there were rumblings that alvey was not
The biological father the girl was identified as the offspring of several other boys who came forward to claim her as their own tyler barker then 15 years old stated in may 2009 that he was coming to terms with the scary reality of being a teenage father and that he believed his life would be ruined as a result of the dna test his tears streamed down his cheeks as he realized he had accidentally gotten
Chantelle steadman then 15 pregnant during a drunken one-night encounter tyler admitted at the time that having sexual relations with her had been the greatest mistake i’d ever made in my life i wish i’d never met her in the first place she approached me and asked me out a few times but i turned her down each time it was standard practice for boys to spend the night with her in her bed however i only had one sexual encounter
After the girl’s birth chantelle and her mother penny stedman took care of her and raised her the news broke over a decade later in march 2017 that an 11 year old girl was on track to become the youngest mother in the uk because of legal restrictions only limited information about the pregnancy could be made public police were investigating the matter and it was believed that the father was only a few
Years older than his daughter’s mother in scotland’s west lothian region tressa middleton was 12 years old when she became the mother of a daughter after being raped by her brother she was the youngest mother in the uk until 2014 when a girl from north london became the youngest mother in the country five months sooner than she had been at the age of twelve and three months she and her 13 year old friend became
The youngest couple in the uk to have a child sean stewart of bedford became a father for the first time when he was 12 years old in 1998 making him the country’s youngest father on record prior to alfie’s case sean stewart was dub britain’s youngest father when he was 18 years old in 1998. emma webster was 15 years old when he impregnated her when he was only 11 years old
Shawn was then granted a day off school when his son ben lewis was born a month after sean’s 12th birthday a day that he had requested the pair were living next door to each other in the village of scharnbrook in the county of bedfordshire when they began a sexual relationship despite the fact that he claimed to be 12 emma admitted to the sunday telegraph that she’d gone out with him if he’d been 11 years old
Emma went on to marry someone else in the years that followed despite continuing to attend his local school for a time shawn eventually relocated away from bedfordshire during his early adolescent years according to the daily mail he was sentenced to seven months in prison in the late 2000s on an allegation of stealing in that moment emma said i have no idea where sean is or what he’s doing i don’t
Want to talk about it any longer because i don’t believe it will benefit ben in any way thanks for reading.