Star Ian abandoned new-born baby boy

By Sara Nuwar

SLICK Apprentice hopeful Ian Stringer has been branded a love rat—for dumping his wife just THREE WEEKS after she gave birth to his second child.

The smooth-talking sales manager waltzed out of the family home and did the business with a blonde barmaid who'd been a guest at their wedding, a family source revealed.

To cap it all, devastated wife Kirsty and their children face being EVICTED— because Ian's struggling to pay the mortgage after quitting his job to be on the TV show. A close relative said: "Kirsty is being forced to sell the house because Ian wants a shot at stardom. She is off work now, sick with stress. The Apprentice is the last straw."

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Last week TV viewers saw handsome Stringer, 26, unveiled as one of the 16 contestants on this year's show. He proved a hit with the women wannabes and lapped up their attention during filming. He's so convinced he'll win the £100,000-a-year job with tycoon Sir Alan Sugar—famous for saying "You're fired"—that he's given up his highly paid position as an IT firm director.

The source said: "Ian's only made one mortgage payment since he joined the show a few months ago. Kirsty is so worried her home will be repossessed that she's accepted an offer £25,000 under the asking price."

Single mum Kirsty, 28, who lives with baby Owen and two-year-old daughter Isla in Newport Pagnell, Bucks, has been working as a court clerk to make ends meet. She first met Ian when she was 14 and they wed ten years later.

But a year ago Stringer left her and struck up a relationship with Angela Rawson, 24. He said: "The size of the mortgage that people find themselves with these days—that is what happens...it's called a marriage break-up.

"I'm trying to be the best possible father that I can."

And Angela said: "He didn't leave Kirsty for me. He wouldn't do that to his children. He's a wonderful father."

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