DNA cheat mum abandoned own kids before getting pregnant in twisted bid to swerve jail

Georgina Saville has been sentenced to nearly three years in jail after botching a DNA test to stop her ex from meeting his newborn daughter

A vengeful mum stopped her ex from meeting his baby daughter until her second birthday - then abandonded her kids when the truth finally came out, a court heard.

Dad Kyle Fitton was left "broken" after his "spiteful" ex Georgina Saville deliberately botched a DNA test and lied on a birth certificate to stop him from seeing their newborn baby daughter, even going as far as to lie on the infant's birth certificate. And there was further trickery in store.

Psychology graduate Saville attempted to claim her baby's biological dad was her new boyfriend, Danny Mellows, not Kyle, in a sick bid to de-rail her ex's legal bid to get access to their children.

Now Saville has been sentenced to nearly three years behind bars for attempting to "thwart" the course of justice by keeping Kyle, 28, away from his young kids.

However, justice prevailed after a trial found Saville had edited a picture of a DNA test she found online. At her sentencing today, Judge Peter Henry told Southampton Crown Court that Saville, who is six weeks pregnant, had attempted to wriggle out of a jail sentence by "knowingly" conceiving another child after her conviction.

Mitigating on Saville's behalf, Holly Fagan attempted to argue that her client's pregnancy would present various "challenges". She said: "There's always an exception when it comes to the law, and I submit that this is an exceptional case where a suspended sentence should be imposed."

Rejecting this plea, Judge Henry told Saville: "You are pregnant, but it's quite clear that you became pregnant, knowing that you were facing a sentence for this matter and knowing that the court had warned you that custody was very much on the cards."

Saville was sentenced to 32 months in jail and ordered to pay a victim surcharge. The court also heard how Saville, who hung her head as the verdict was delivered, has not seen her other children in "almost a year" through what was described as "her choice".

Previously speaking with the Mirror about his ordeal, mechanic Kyle said the custody battle had "broken [him] financially, emotionally and physically". Kyle shared: "It was constant, and it was her way or the highway. I unfortunately followed her rules, but I followed them for [their eldest daughter] at that time - to be a dad and to make sure she was happy."

"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."

Saville had made Kyle and his mum Jayne follow strict 'rules' during their feud, even threatening that once she had blocked them, they wouldn't be able to reach her 'without a solicitor'.

When asked whether he doubted whether or not he was the father of his youngest child, Kyle replied: "There was never any question. I knew she was not Danny's from day one. It was quite frustrating - she was almost doing that to get at me. I knew she was mine, and I had to prove this just to get the truth."

Determined dad Kyle, who'd endured an agonising 15-month wait to meet his youngest daughter, added: "[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."

Sentencing Saville today, Judge Henry said: "It seems to me that you were far from showing any acknowledgement of wrongdoing; you were very far from showing any sort of remorse of what happened. Instead, you came across as vengeful." He continued: "[The offence] wasn't particularly sophisticated in its operation, but it was an attempt by you to mislead the court. It seems to me that you were fully aware that the [false test] would be used in court proceedings, and the intention here was to thwart the proper course of justice within the family court proceedings."

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