ALFIE'S MY SON AND IT IS HIS BABY ..WE DON'T NEEDDNA TEST; Mum defends 13-year-old dad.

Byline: By Euan Stretch

THE mother of Britain's youngest dad yesterday said he did not need a DNA test to prove he has a week-old daughter.

Mum-of-four Nicola Patten, 43, said Alfie was "devastated" by suggestions that he was NOT the father of little Maisie Roxanne, born lastMonday.

At least two other teenage boys have signed legal statements claiming they slept with Maisie's 15-year-old mother Chantelle Stedman at around the time she got pregnant.

Chantelle claims that she fell pregnant after she and Alfie, then aged 12, had unprotected sex while they shared a bed at her parents' home in Eastbourne, Sussex.

She claims that she forget to take her contraceptive pill.

But doubts have been raised by the other claims and 4ft Alfie's lack of sexual maturity. The couple go to Willingdon Community School.

Nicola, of Hailsham, said: "It hadn't even crossed Alfie's mind whether Chantelle had been faithful to him.

"He's absolutely devastated that these lads have come forward to say they slept with her at the time she got pregnant.

"Everything is wrong. I don't know where they get this from, I mean that's my son, that's his baby.

"I have not even asked for a DNA, I've not even said there are any doubts that he is the father.

"Alfie is distraught and upset about everything. But Maisie is fine."

Earlier in the day, it was reported Alfie had agreed to a DNA test at the insistence of his twice-wed dad Dennis, 45, a father of seven children who is separated from his mother.

Alfie said: "Other stupid boys are lying, saying bad things, like they've slept with Chantelle too. But I am the only boyfriend she has ever had and we've been together for two years so I must be the dad."

Two teenage boys have claimed that they had both had sex with Chantelle last year, around the time she would have conceived.

One lad, trainee chef Richard Goodswell, said: "I know I could be the father. Everyone thinks I am.

"My friends all tell me that the baby has my eyes - even my mum thinks so."

But he added: "To be honest, any one of my mates could be the dad."

Tyler Barker, 14, also talked of his fear that he could be Maisie's dad - even telling his own mother that he IS the father.

Seven teenage boys have claimed to have slept with Chantelle, at least four of whom live on the same Eastbourne street.

A member of Chantelle's family, speaking behind the closed door of their home, said: "We have nothing to say. Go away."

Social services have admitted to having "concerns" over the case but have vowed to give the young couple all the support they can.

Police said they had investigated but had decided it was "not in anyone's interest" to prosecute.

'He's devastated that these lads say they slept with her'

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TOO YOUNG: Alfie with baby Maisie MATT SPRAKE/THE PEOPLE; SCHOOL: In Eastbourne