Fireman gets lookalike friend to take DNA test in his place to avoid paying child maintenance

A FIREFIGHTER got a lookalike friend to take a DNA test for him so he could avoid paying child maintenance.

Simon Jordan, 33, owed £16,000 to a nurse who had named him as the father of her child.

So he gave his photo ID to pal Jason Lee Coles and persuaded him to provide the sample at a medical centre.

When the DNA test came back without a match, child support officials ordered further checks as the woman insisted that businessman and firefighter Jordan was the father.

He has now accepted the child is his, Shrewsbury crown court heard.

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Jordan and tree surgeon Coles, 40, both of Bridgnorth, Somerset, admitted fraud.

They got suspended jail terms and must do 200 hours unpaid work.

Sentencing, Judge Peter Barrie said: “This was clearly an attempt to derail support of a child.”

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