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Sperm donor 'dad-of-180' loses parental rights bid

Instagram/Robert Albon Robert Albon, who appears to be in a medical facility. He has a blue top, possibly a gown, that is just visible and a blue head covering as you might see in a surgical setting. He is smiling and has a small amount of short light coloured beard growth on the angle of his chin, roughly the width of his mouth.Instagram/Robert Albon
A High Court judge questioned Robert Albon's motivation for fathering so many children

An unregulated sperm donor, who claims to have fathered more than 180 children around the world, has been denied increased parental rights for a child he fathered as a donor through natural insemination.

Robert Albon, who posted sperm samples packaged with frozen tomato puree to keep them cold, sought and with the girl, born in 2023.

High Court judge Mr Justice Poole refused Mr Albon's bid, claiming the serial donor "seeks to control others" and could move on to another family "as he has done previously".

He said: "The evidence before the court shows that Mr Albon will have sex with, or provide his sperm for artificial insemination, to just about anyone who asks."

A 51-page judgement has been published in relation to a hearing in March, at which the family court in Middlesbrough considered arrangements for the girl born in 2023, referred to as CA.

The child's mother and the relevant local authority, based in the north-east of England, ed limited, indirect with Mr Albon, proposals which he opposed.

The 54-year-old instead asked a judge to give him parental responsibility along with face-to-face .

The court also heard the case of another girl fathered by Mr Albon in 2022 and known as CB.

The local authority in that case, also based in the North East, had asked for a care order with indirect after adoption or long-term fostering, while Mr Albon asked for the child to be placed in his care.

This was also refused.

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