A mother has been given a prison sentence after using the birth of their child to get back at her ex.

Louise Boyce, 30, put her new boyfriend Nathan Leggatt’s name down on her baby’s birth certificate instead of her ex-boyfriend Ashley Sayce.

Leggatt, 34, cried while signing the document telling staff ‘it’s a bit emotional to register the baby’s birth’.

But the court heard Boyce, who is pregnant again, had ‘acted out of spite’ by leaving Ashley off the birth certificate because the pair had a bitter split.

Their lies were rumbled after social services were involved – and a paternity test proved the truth.

Boyce and Leggatt, both of Manselton, Swansea, were arrested and admitted wilfully giving false information concerning registration of a birth.

David Singh, defending Boyce, said she acted ‘out of spite’ towards her former partner Mr Sayce, and a ‘desire’ for Leggatt to be the baby’s dad.

Andrew Evans, defending Leggatt, said he ‘had a genuine desire’ to play an active role in the baby’s welfare and wanted to be loyal to Boyce.

Boyce was jailed for eight months and Leggatt jailed for six months at Swansea Crown Court.

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