THE man dubbed Britain’s worst dad is fathering another child to a former girlfriend.

Clare Bryant is expecting jobless Keith Macdonald's child on May 3 - bringing his total to nine children by eight different mothers.

The 22-year-old of Houghton-le-Spring, Wearside, will become the first of his girlfriends to have taken him back and had another baby.

She insists it was the result of a one night stand and now regrets it.

Mr Macdonald, 25, and Miss Bryant have one daughter together, Paige, who is one in April.

They met in 2009 after he wooed her with lunch from Greggs before proposing with a £30 silver engagement ring. He dumped her before the baby was born.

Some estimates put the benefits bill for his brood - none of whom live with him - at £1.5m to care for them until they are all 18.

Discussing her second pregnancy, Miss Bryant said: "Last August I had sex with Keith, it was a big mistake.

"I was mortal (drunk). "It was just that one time and I wish it had never happened.

"When I first told him he was really pleased. He does not seem arsed anymore.

"There is a tiny chance it might not be Keith's, there was a two week gap between me having sex and with someone else, but I'm sure it is his.

"I have asked him to do a DNA test once the baby is born. Even if he did, it would not make a difference anyway, he would not take any notice of the kid regardless."

Mr Macdonald, from Washington, said: "She’s jealous. She's said it's definitely mine. I don't know what to think."

He was caught out on Panorama two months ago when he was unable to remember the names of all his children: Jamie Leigh, Kady, Angelis, Brandon, Matt, Emily, Clio and Paige.

Last September, two women, Danielle Little and Sarah Armstrong claimed to be weeks pregnant with his children.

Danielle Little, of Sunderland, said she was expecting twins and Sarah, of Chester-le-Street, County Durham, said she was expecting a baby.

Both are due to be born next month but Keith has dismissed both as 'liars'.