Child Support Dodging Deadbeat Dad Sends Look-A-Like For DNA Test


This dad wins the award for being the worst person?ever today.

Screengrab from Birmingham Mail FB page.
Screengrab from Birmingham Mail FB page.

Thomas Kenny, 25, didn’t want to pay child support for the child he fathered when he had a fling?outside of his long-term relationship. After the woman had refused to get an abortion, the Solihull resident proceeded to do anything he could come up with to not take responsibility for the child.

It gets worse. According to the Birmingham Mail,?instead of submitting to a paternity test ordered by the Child Support Agency, he found a look-a-like and sent him in his place.

When he faced Judge Philip Parker QC, the judge was harsh with his words.

“You are plainly the author of your own misfortunes. I have read references from people who suggest that you are normally a well-behaved individual, but the facts show that you can be thoroughly dishonest and highly manipulative. I know you are said to be a loving father of two children by your long-standing relationship, but this case shows you were prepared to disown a child of your own for financial gain. Morally you can not sink lower than that.”

He was?charged and convicted of fraud and sentenced to six months in jail, suspended for 12..