Crushed dad recalls moment he finally met his baby after fraudster ex botched DNA test

Kyle Fitton was forced to wait an agonising 15 months to meet his baby girl after his fraudster ex crafted a sinister plot to stop him from seeing her. Opening up for the first time about his horror ordeal, he recalls the moment they finally united

Kyle Fitton "broke into pieces" when he heard his daughter was encouraged to call another man 'daddy' - but he never gave up fighting for his children.

The 28-year-old dad, from Southampton, had to wait an agonising 15 months to meet his baby for the first time, after his fraudster ex-girlfriend botched DNA test results in a bid to keep them apart.

Scheming mum Georgina Saville edited a DNA test photo she found online and lied on a birth certificate to claim the baby's biological dad was not Kyle but her new boyfriend, Danny Mellows.

The 25-year-old - who already had a daughter with Kyle - claimed their newborn was not his in March 2022, before presenting a fake DNA test to Kyle's legal team and incorrectly filling out a birth certificate which both named Mellows as the baby's father. The calculated plot left Kyle broken "financially, emotionally and physically".

'Spiteful' Saville admitted to crafting fake DNA test results and was found guilty this week after a four-day trial at Southampton Crown Court, Hants, and a judge warned her she could now face jail after being convicted of perverting the course of public justice and a rare charge of wilfully making a false declaration as to a birth.

Recalling the ordeal, Kyle said: "It scared me because we believed she was actually going to leave the country at one point," he said. "I thought I was going to have my girls taken from me and nothing could be done. I thought it was going to be the end of the world - they are my world. It did really scare me the fact that she could do that."

Now, after lengthy family and criminal court proceedings have concluded, Kyle's children are now under the legal guardianship of his mother - meaning he gets to see them every day, something he cherishes. But despite the "amazing" relief of finally being reunited with his daughters, the heartbreaking experience is still impacting his work as a mechanic. "It's still in the back of my mind, I can't get rid of it," he added.

He said while his two daughters' bond was now blossoming, the heart-aching 15 month wait to meet his baby was unbearable. "The bond between them now is ecstatic," he continued. "[The newborn] had never met me, it took some time to bond that relationship. But now it's amazing. We were finally united before her second birthday."

On why it had taken so long, he said: "[Saville] said I was never allowed to meet [the baby], but mum was. Even if I said to mum [to say to Saville I wanted to] it would be a no. That's when I had enough of it, I said I need to do something and that's when I started court proceedings. And then it took a long, long time." He continued: "She has shown no remorse or insight about the impact this could have on the kids."

However, he remains positive for the future and detailed his now 'amazing' daily routine which involves both of his children. "I'm around mum's every night, I'm there at the weekend - it's every day," he said. "I took [the eldest] to her first day of school, it was just amazing.

"It's the best part of my day, knowing I finish work I get to go home and see my daughters. Walking into mum's and they both shout 'daddy'. It's just a sense of relief they are there, they are happy and they are safe."

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