A woman who faked a paternity test to fool an ex-partner into believing he was her baby’s father has been jailed.<\/p>\n
Danielle Morris, from Seaforth, Merseyside, initially told Jamie Somers in May 2014 that he was not the father, but later changed her story.<\/p>\n
Mr Somers paid maintenance, had the baby stay with him on a weekly basis and tattooed her name on his arm before a test showed they were not related.<\/p>\n
The 29-year-old was jailed for one year for fraud at Liverpool Crown Court.<\/p>\n
The court heard Morris and Mr Somers, a singer and Michael Buble impersonator, had a brief relationship in November 2013 and, six months later, she told him she was pregnant but he was not the father.<\/p>\n
She contacted him again in 2015 to say a DNA test had shown the man she thought was the girl’s father was not and implied that Mr Somers was.<\/p>\n
Mr Somers then paid for another DNA test but Morris faked a results document.<\/p>\n
The court was told he was delighted and had set aside a bedroom in his house for the baby, Darcy.<\/p>\n
Mr Somers only discovered the lie when he called the testing company for more details and was told they had not tested him.<\/p>\n
A subsequent test showed he was not the girl’s father, news which he said “devastated” him.<\/p>\n
Offering mitigation, Morris’s counsel said she had “wanted a father figure” for her daughter and had thought Mr Somers would give the girl “a chance” in life. Morris pleaded guilty to fraud.<\/p>\n
Speaking after sentencing, Mr Somers said there was “no celebration on my behalf as a little girl, who was innocent and used as a pawn in Danielle Morris’ game, is inevitably the victim here”.<\/p>\n
“As long as live I will worry for the child and miss her immeasurably,” he said.<\/p>\n
Source: bbc.co.uk<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"