Who is Alfie Patten and where is ‘Britain’s youngest dad’ now?

ALFIE Patten was just a child when he was thrust into the limelight in the late noughties.

He was barely a teenager when he was hailed “Britain’s Youngest dad”.

Who is Alfie Patten?

Aged just 13, Alfie Patten – who hails from East Sussex – shot to prominence in 2009 when it was reported he had become a dad.

The story hit the headlines across the UK, and garnered widespread attention.

Even then-Prime Minister David Cameron commented on the case.

The Tory leader said: “I just thought how worrying that in Britain today children are having children.”

Is Alfie Patten ‘Britain’s youngest dad’?

Alfie thought he’d got his 15-year-old girlfriend Chantelle Steadman pregnant when he was just 12 after they had sex at a sleepover in Lower Dicker, East Sussex.

This earned him the title of Britain’s youngest dad.

However, a DNA test six weeks after baby Maisie’s birth proved that he wasn’t actually the father.

It was later revealed that 14-year-old Tyler Barker was in fact the child’s real dad, so Alfie was no longer Britain’s youngest dad.

Alfie told The Sun in 2014: “I was devastated.

“It was too much to take in. I cried for days and barely left my room.

“To make things worse I never saw Maisie again because Chantelle and her family moved away as soon as they found out I wasn’t the dad.

“I couldn’t face doing anything. I couldn’t go to school. I thought my world had ended.”

Where is Alfie Patten now?

In 2019 it was reported how Alfie was unemployed, battling alcoholism and dealing with legal troubles.

He was convicted of criminal damage after smashing up cars while already on a suspended sentence for shoplifting, theft and possession of an imitation firearm.

In March 2021, Alfie and his mum were booted out of their home for alleged drug dealing.

Brighton Magistrates Court heard the pair had been kicked out by the landlord and were being housed by the council.

Police lodged a closure order in December 2020 due to nuisance behaviour and disorder at the three-bedroom house and were granted an extension to the ruling.

District Judge Teresa Szagun said: “The premises were being used for drug dealing and there was the anti-social behaviour spilling out onto the street and affecting the neighbourhood.

“From what I can gather the landlord does not want the Pattens back.”

This was the last time Alfie caught public attention.