'Serious concern' about Alfie Patten press coverage
18 February 2009

By Jon Slattery

The Press Complaints Commission confirmed today that it has been contacted by child protection officers concerned about the media treatment of "dad at 13" Alfie Patten and his family.

The protection officers from East Sussex County Council have written to the PCC, which has already launched its own inquiry into the story.

www.pressgazette.co.uk/story.asp?section...de=43117&c=1

That is good news.

The media should not be allowed to exploit children in this way and it needs to be stopped now before it effects others.