Court documents: U.K. boy, 13, isn’t baby’s dad

Newspaper photos of baby-faced teen had shocked country, sparked debate

Image: Alfie Patten, baby on newspaper cover

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DNA tests have revealed that 13-year-old British boy Alfie Patten, seen on the cover of the Sun newspaper on Feb. 13, 2009, who claimed to have fathered a child with his 15-year-old girlfriend, was not the dad, according to a court judgment made public on Monday.

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Feb. 16: A 13-year-old boy in Britain is making headlines after his 15-year-old girlfriend gave birth to their baby girl. MSNBC's Tamron Hall reports.

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updated 7:14 a.m. ET May 19, 2009

LONDON - Court documents show that a 13-year-old boy who was reported to be the father of a baby girl born earlier this year in Britain is not her dad.

Newspaper photos of the baby-faced teenager, Alfie, along with the 15-year-old mother and the infant shocked the country.

They also sparked debate about sex education in Britain, which has one of Europe's highest teen pregnancy rates.

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Details of DNA testing were revealed Tuesday when a court-ordered reporting ban was lifted.

The court documents show that another boy, aged 15, is the baby's real father.

The mother lives in Eastbourne, on the southeast coast of England.

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