A sperm donor in unregulated processes, who claims to have fathered more than 180 children around the world, has lost in court.
He was denied parental rights for the child he conceived as a donor through natural insemination.
Robert Albon, who posted sperm samples packaged with frozen tomato puree to keep them cold, has sought parental supervision and contact with the girl, born in 2023.
High Court judge Poole rejected Albon's application, arguing that the serial sperm donor "wants to control others" and could move on to another family "as he has done before".
"The evidence before the court shows that Albon will provide his own sperm for artificial insemination or have sex with almost anyone who asks him to," the judge said.
In March, a 51-page judgment was published regarding a hearing at which a family court in the English town of Middlesbrough considered possible legal actions in the case of a girl born in 2023, with the initials CA.
The child's mother and the relevant local authority, based in the north-east of England, supported limited, indirect contact with Albon - a proposal he opposed.
Instead, the 54-year-old asked the judge to grant him parental responsibility with personal contact.
A hearing was also held in the case of a second girl, with the initials CB, conceived in 2022 with Albon's sperm.
The local authority in that case, also based in the north-east, sought a custody order with indirect contact after adoption or long-term fostering, while Albon requested that the child be placed in his care.
And that was rejected.
'Forced to reproduce?'
A High Court judge said that women from the UK who used the service offered by Albon, advertising himself as Joe Donor, were mostly single, in same-sex relationships or from "vulnerable" groups.
The hearing was told that the children in both cases were conceived after Albon had sexual relations with their mothers.
The judge questioned the sperm donor's motives and asked if he was being forced to reproduce.
"Does he enjoy knowing that there are many of his children on earth?"
The judge also said that Albon, originally from the United States of America (US), tried to control five of the six women in England and Wales who have his children.
"He seeks to control others to prove himself right, to secure recognition, to get his way and to serve his own ends," Judge Poole added.
The judge said that CB could be adopted, but that her father could not do so because there was a "significant risk" that she would be abandoned.
Although Albon could be declared CA's father in the re-registered birth certificate, he was denied parental responsibility or greater contact.
"I am not convinced that Albon would commit to contact and would probably move on to another family when it suits him, as he has done in the past," the judge said.
Albon is allowed to send a letter or postcard to CA once a year, which will be read to her, when CA's mother deems it appropriate.
Judge Poole also ordered that his judgment be sent to the Human Fertilisation and Embryology Authority and the Home Office.
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