The BBC's Rod Jones: "DNA tests proved the baby could not have been his son"

Ian Gould, from Rotherham, was named in a paternity claim in 1981, but has since discovered through a DNA test that he is not the child's father.

He was initially identified as the father after a blood test showed that he shared the same blood group as the child, even though more than a third of the UK population share the same type.

Ian Gould: Repaid by Child Support Agency

The Child Support Agency has already repaid the money Mr Gould gave towards the child's upbringing since the organisation was formed in 1994.

But the CSA insists that it cannot be responsible for payments made before it came into existence. Instead, Mr Gould is pursuing a claim for compensation with the backing of his local MP.