Violent history of the feckless father who has '15 children by 14 women'

The violent past of the feckless father who is costing the taxpayer £1.5million in benefits for his ten children by ten women was exposed last night.

Keith Macdonald, who has been in and out of prison, may even have fathered up to 15 children – with 14 different mothers.

The jobless 25-year-old, who met most of his conquests at bus stops, has convictions for violence against one of his ex-girlfriends.







In 2008, he was given a three-year suspended sentence and ordered to undertake an anger management course after assaulting Bec Wright, now 21, and her mother while living at their home. Miss Wright gave birth to his daughter, Clio, in the same year.

He has a series of previous convictions, including a prison sentence for hitting another man with a pint glass.

Macdonald, who spends his money on lager and fruit machines, has also had restraining orders taken out against him by two of his children’s mothers and spent time in jail for breaking one of the orders.

Yesterday a defiant Macdonald, of Washington, Tyne and Wear, insisted he would not have a vasectomy.

But the mounting bill to the taxpayer was described as ‘a disgusting abuse’ as it emerged that the cost to the benefits system of his ten children will be £150,000 each by the time they are 18 – a total of £1.5million.

The figure does not include education, NHS costs or any other public services.

Each of the ten children, including the two yet to be born, could over 18 years cost £50,000 in child tax credits and £20,000 in child benefit, while each mother could receive £30,000 in income support and £50,000 in housing benefit. Hardly any of them work.

The bill may increase further if there are more children. One ex-girlfriend yesterday claimed that two further, unnamed women were carrying his babies, and said that he had bragged about already having three more children with two further women.

Another new arrival: Keith Macdonald with his latest expectant girlfriend Danielle Little

This would mean binman’s son Macdonald has fathered 11 children in total, with four yet to be born.

Sarah Armstrong, 19, a beautician from Chester-le-Street, County Durham, has claimed to be six weeks pregnant with Macdonald’s baby, and said she had been expecting twins but miscarried one.



But last night, Macdonald’s relationship with Miss Little appeared to be over after he was warned by the police to leave her alone following a series of allegedly abusive phone calls. ‘He even moved his Xbox in, but he took that away last week,’ she said.

A second expectant mother, Danielle Little, 24, said she learnt of her pregnancy earlier this month. In addition to Miss Armstrong and Miss Little, a further two women are said to be expecting Macdonald’s children.

And Stacey Barker, 22, who gave birth to Macdonald’s daughter Emily, now three, said he boasted about being the father of a seven- and eight-year-old now living in Bristol, and had also claimed to have a two-year-old child.

Miss Barker, who receives just £2.50-a-week in child support from Macdonald, said yesterday: ‘When I fell pregnant with Emily he asked me to get rid of her. I said no.

‘He gets the girls pregnant and then he leaves or just asks them to get rid of it.’

Macdonald, who wakes each day with a can of lager, vowed yesterday not to have any more children.



From his two-bedroom council flat, he said: ‘I don’t want any more kids. I haven’t got any plans to have any more. All these girls are playing games with me and I don’t want the aggravation.

‘I’m getting hassled all the time. I’ve definitely got eight kids, but I haven’t seen any tests from Danielle or Sarah to say they’re pregnant and I’ve never slept with them - I wouldn’t touch either of them.’

Macdonald, who first had sex at the age of ten, refuses to wear a condom and boasts that he has slept with more than 40 women.

He first became a father at the age of 15 when his then girlfriend, Michelle Purvis, now 32, gave birth to his daughter Jamie Leah, now 10.

When they split up he met Charlotte Anderson, now 25, who had his daughter, Kady, now eight.



Macdonald then met Jordan Banks, who was just 15 when he got her pregnant. They had a son, Angelis, who is now seven years old.

June Garrick, now 26, gave birth to his fourth child, Brandon, in October 2003 - just a month after Angelis was born. Then, in 2006, Stephanie Jubb, now 25, gave birth to their son Matt, who is now four.

Next was Stacey Barker, who gave birth to Emily, now three. His seventh child was Clio, now two, born after a brief romance with Bec Wright.

Claire Bryant, 21, who was last year engaged to Macdonald, gave birth to his eighth child, Paige, in April.

They split in January. Miss Bryant said: ‘Keith calmed down while we were together and he stopped drinking so much.

‘But from what I gather he has gone back to his old ways. He spends his time drinking lager and playing computer games.

‘And he doesn’t have a job - he gets bored and would rather do what he wants than work.’

Matthew Sinclair, director of the TaxPayers’ Alliance, said: ‘This is a disgusting abuse of a benefits system that is supposed to look after those who have genuinely fallen on hard times. It is shocking that someone can be so indifferent to their responsibilities.’