A new mum whose partner was killed in a suspected hit-and-run crash when she was six months pregnant with their first child faces finding as much as £9,000 to register him as their daughter's dad.
Kitchen designer Sophie Jay, 20, has spoken of her sorrow and loss over the death of her boyfriend, Jack Brandon, 22. Jack, a plasterer, had been to a friend’s wedding and called Sophie on his way home to tell her he loved her and how excited he was for their future together with their baby. Tragically, he never made it home.
And more heartache was to come - after their daughter Lilah was born last month, Sophie discovered that because they weren’t married, she would have to go to court and pay an astronomical bill to declare Jack her little girl’s dad. She said: It's a basic right for him to be on the birth certificate. Lilah's lost her dad and now he might not even be on her birth certificate. He lost his life and he doesn't even get that."
