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Corrie McKeague's dad claims the missing airman knew he was due to become a dad at the time he disappeared.

Martin McKeague's account contradicts interviews given by Corrie's mum Nicola Urquhart and his girlfriend April Oliver, 21.

Martin, 48, says it is "totally untrue" the 23-year-old RAF man had no idea he was expecting a child.

He claims April revealed the pregnancy to Corrie during a trip to London six days before he went missing.

Martin added: "To say he didn't know is a lie."

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Corrie disappeared from Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk, less than a week after the romantic getaway with April.

He had met the fitness instructor five months earlier through a dating website.

It has previously been revealed the couple both had accounts on fabswingers.com, a webpage used by people seeking casual sex.

Corrie's dad Martin has been involved in a bitter public feud with Nicola, 48, who works for Police Scotland.

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The family row has caused him to lose contact with his sons Darroch, 21, and Makeyan, 25.

Martin and his wife Trisha, 54, are currently living in a campervan near the landfill site in Milton, Cambs., where police expect to find Corrie's body.

It is believed the RAF gunner was inside a bin which was picked up and crushed by a rubbish lorry.

Martin has accused Nicola of making incorrect and misleading statements on her Find Corrie Facebook page, which is followed by 134,000 people.

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He says the image her campaign tries to portray of Corrie, who grew up in Dunfermline, is "inaccurate".

Martin claims his son suffered from depression and had been taking medication.

He added: "He did get depressed. He used to talk to Trisha about it.

"I’m sure that affected his state of mind on the night, he would have only recently found out April was pregnant."

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The police search at the landfill site is now entering its 11th week.

Martin has made several visits to watch specialist officers combing through tonnes of rubbish.

He said: "Only when we find Corrie we will find out what’s happened to him.

Then we will get the facts.”

Neither Nicola or April could be contacted for a comment.