A “spiteful” mother faces jail for falsifying her daughter’s DNA test and lying on her newborn baby’s birth certificate to prevent the biological father from seeing his children.
Georgina Saville edited an image of a DNA test she found online to say her new boyfriend was actually the father of her newborn baby and not her ex Kyle Fitton.
The 25-year-old, who has a master’s degree in forensic psychology, admitted the act to the jury but claimed it was “obvious” it was not real DNA evidence and she had only done it to get her lawyer off her back.
However, jurors today concluded that she had done so to try to “thwart” Mr Fitton’s legal attempt to see his children.
It was heard that Saville, who already had another daughter with his 28-year-old ex, lied about the paternity of his newborn daughter to “dissuade” him and his lawyers from bringing their court case to have access to both daughters.
‘Spiteful’ Georgina Saville, 25, faces jail for falsifying her daughter’s DNA test and lying on her newborn baby’s birth certificate to prevent the biological father from seeing his children.
Saville edited an image of a DNA test she found online to say her new boyfriend Danny Mellows was actually the father of her newborn baby and not her ex Kyle Fitton (pictured).
When Mr. Fitton’s lawyers asked her to take a DNA test, she sent them false results trying to prove that the newborn baby was actually the daughter of her new boyfriend, Danny Mellows.
Having originally left the father’s section of the birth certificate blank, she then went to the Registry Office and added Mr Mellows’ name, despite previously admitting that her two daughters were “full-blooded sisters”.
Today, after a four-day trial at Southampton Crown Court, she was found guilty of perverting the course of public justice and the rare charge of intentionally making a false statement about a birth.
Jurors took only two hours to deliberate before returning the verdict.
Southampton’s Saville wept silently in the dock as she was convicted.
Judge Peter Henry warned Saville he could face jail and told the court “all options would be considered” at his sentencing in November.
Opening the case earlier this week, prosecutor Nick Tucker said the offenses arose from an “unhappy” and “toxic” four-year relationship.
Saville and Fitton welcomed their first daughter in March 2019, before things began to “deteriorate.”
He said: “It was in April 2021 that the defendant became pregnant with (her second daughter), but shortly after, Kyle moved out and moved back in with her mother.”
The court heard that Saville still “maintained a good relationship” with Fitton’s mother Jayne, who accompanied her to pregnancy scans, mediated between the couple and often exchanged messages.
The court heard Saville still “maintained a good relationship” with Fitton’s mother Jayne (seen) despite her “toxic” relationship with Fitton, 28.
However, after the baby girl’s birth in January 2022, it was heard that the relationship between Saville and Fitton had soured and she would not “allow” him to see the newborn.
As a result, she texted her mother saying, “I’m sorry, I just need to make sure (the girls) are treated fairly since they are full-blooded sisters.”
‘You cannot be present in (one of their lives) but not in (the other’s); It is not fair that (one) has a father and (the other) does not.
“So the only way it’s fair is for him to be completely gone.”
Tucker said that in February 2022, Saville was “very angry” with Mr Fitton, which led her to leave the father’s name section on the birth certificate blank at the Registry Office.
The court heard that Saville posted photos of the two girls and her new boyfriend “as if they were family” and had even been encouraging the older girl to call Mr Mellows “dad”.
In March 2022, Saville applied for a non-molestation order against Fitton, who filed his own.
She also began legal proceedings in the Family Court in relation to access to her two children and the addition of her name to the newborn’s birth certificate.
The court heard that his eligibility to apply for those orders “depended on him having parental responsibility” by being the biological father.
Mr Fitton’s lawyer asked Saville to do a DNA test on his youngest daughter after she claimed he was not the father and her daughter had “nothing to do” with him.
She finally sent what she said was the result of the DNA test and claimed that Mr. Mellows was the father of her daughter.
Tucker said she had “misrepresented” the baby’s paternity, adding: “Everyone in this case says that’s not true.”
“Danny Mellows was not the father; she knew Kyle Fitton was the father.”
In July 2022, the court heard that another DNA test was ordered in the Family Court which determined Fitton was the father, after Saville admitted he had “falsified” the result of the previous test.
At the family court hearing, his lawyer said he had “panicked” and made an “ill-informed decision.”
The court heard she returned to the Registry Office to amend the birth certificate to show Mr Mellows was the father, which they both signed.
Mr Tucker said: ‘He was not the father. He must have known, and Georgina Saville certainly knew.
“Knowing that Kyle was the father, he made a false statement to Births and Deaths, knowing that by doing so he could effectively prove that (Mr Mellows) had parental responsibility while (Mr Fitton) did not.”
After being arrested, the court heard Saville told officers that “biology meant nothing” and that she had provided a “made-up” DNA test to “save some costs” and get Mr Fitton off her back.
The court heard she also threatened to remove Mr Fitton from her first child’s birth certificate and sent him a text message telling him he would not see her or her children “ever again” and that he should take her to court. .
Kyle Fitton (pictured) moved away permanently after Saville became pregnant with their second daughter.
Pictured is Southampton Crown Court, where Georgina Saville’s trial took place. She will be sentenced on November 5
Giving evidence, Saville admitted she manipulated the DNA test result by downloading an image online and editing the names of her daughter and Mr Mellows.
He claimed he had done it simply to get his lawyer to “stop harassing me, stop emailing me” and told the jury it would have been “obvious” it wasn’t legitimate because he “didn’t go to much effort.”
Tucker added: “It’s clear that she knew full well that Kyle Fitton was actually the father.”
‘She provided a document that she knew misrepresented (her son’s) paternity.
‘She tried to mislead him and his lawyer and, if taken at face value, the test result could have deterred him from continuing with the procedure.
‘We say it was a spiteful and calculated attempt to derail his case by dishonest means.
“What he did was misleading because he made a positive claim that Danny was the father.”
Judge Henry thanked the jurors for their service and warned Saville it was a “pity” he did not plead guilty due to the “extremely strong case” against him.
She will be sentenced on November 5.
