A serious crime

I regard this as a serious crime. Chloe Johnson at HoS reports:

An embittered mother deliberately took the wrong man for DNA testing to get her ex-partner’s name removed from a birth certificate.

The 33-year-old woman, who now lives in Masterton, pleaded guilty in the Waitakere District Court last week to perverting the course of justice. …

Ryan, 37, told the Herald on Sunday he had been living a nightmare without his son.

“He hasn’t had his father. Boys need their dad, they need their mum too, they need both parents … it has broken my heart,” Ryan said.

He said his former partner became pregnant within three weeks of their getting together and the relationship turned sour because “I didn’t love her”.

He claimed his ex-partner falsely accused him of being a rapist, a drug addict, a gang member and a stalker following the break-up.

“The hell she has put me through – I wasn’t asking for much, I wasn’t asking for custody. I just wanted to see him and let him know me. It is his right to know his father. My life has been on hold.”

Ryan, who has two children from a previous marriage, said the last time he saw his son was almost two years ago.

“It was raining so we were locked inside, just playing with his toys, piggy-back rides, it was such a good day.

“I think about [him] every day. I just hope he forgives me,” Ryan said.

It is not Ryan who needs forgiveness. I think it is a heinous crime to not just lie about paternity but to actually falsify records.