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British schoolboy Alfie Patten, who made headlines earlier this year when it was reported he had got his girlfriend pregnant when aged just 12, is not the baby's father, it was reported this morning.

In February, Patten's 15-year-old girlfriend Chantelle Stedman gave birth to a daughter which, media reports said, made Patten Britain's youngest father.