LONDON – A DNA test will determine if a 13-year-old boy fathered a baby with his 15-year-old girlfriend, his spokesman said yesterday.
The test comes after The News of the World reported Sunday that other teenage boys have come forward claiming to be the father of the newborn girl.
Spokesman Max Clifford said the parents of the boy, Alfie, said the tests would be done “as soon as possible” to determine paternity.
“He obviously believes he’s the father,” he said. “I think that having read The News of the World yesterday, it would be prudent to have a DNA test.”
The teenager’s 15-year-old girlfriend, Chantelle, gave birth to the baby girl earlier this month in Eastbourne, 70 miles southeast of London. The couple made headlines when Alfie, who looks much younger than 13, posed on the front page of the tabloid Sun newspaper with the baby.
The local council where the teenagers live said it would offer them support and that they will continue to be monitored by social workers.