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| Alfie Patten, the boy who was reported to have conceived a child when he was 12 years old, is not the baby's father, DNA tests have shown. | Alfie Patten, the boy who was reported to have conceived a child when he was 12 years old, is not the baby's father, DNA tests have shown. |
| Alfie, now 13, from Eastbourne, in East Sussex, told a national newspaper in February that he believed he had made his 15-year-old girlfriend pregnant. | Alfie, now 13, from Eastbourne, in East Sussex, told a national newspaper in February that he believed he had made his 15-year-old girlfriend pregnant. |
| But the tests have established another boy from Eastbourne, who is 15, as the father of Chantelle Stedman's baby. | |
| The results of the DNA tests have been made public following a judge's ruling. | The results of the DNA tests have been made public following a judge's ruling. |
| The judgement also reveals that Alfie was "extremely distressed" about the results of the test. | The judgement also reveals that Alfie was "extremely distressed" about the results of the test. |
| Pictures of Alfie, holding the baby he believed to be his newborn daughter, caused a furore when they were published in the Sun in February and renewed calls for better sex education in Britain. | Pictures of Alfie, holding the baby he believed to be his newborn daughter, caused a furore when they were published in the Sun in February and renewed calls for better sex education in Britain. |
| Politicians were moved to speak out about the case. | Politicians were moved to speak out about the case. |
| Tory leader David Cameron said he found the sight of "children having children" extremely worrying. | Tory leader David Cameron said he found the sight of "children having children" extremely worrying. |
| And Children's Secretary Ed Balls said it was an "awful" and "unusual" case. | And Children's Secretary Ed Balls said it was an "awful" and "unusual" case. |