Katie Price’s ex husband Alex Reid could miss the birth of his ‘miracle’ child after being jailed for eight weeks

ALEX Reid could miss the birth of his long-awaited "miracle" child after being jailed for eight weeks.

The former cage fighter, 45, has been locked up after trying to swindle a car insurance firm out of £61,000.

His fiancee Nikki Manashe is currently seven months pregnant with their first child together - after a gruelling seven-year fertility battle.

In November, the couple confirmed Nikki was four weeks pregnant with twins.

Nikki, who met Alex in 2013, said at the time: "Even Miracles Take A Little Time. We Still Hope and sometimes against all odds, against all logic, we still hope."

But she tragically miscarried one of the babies in December.

The couple’s struggle, IVF journey and multiple miscarriages have been well documented over the years and they have been very excited about the arrival of their little girl, who is due on July 16.

Alex, who was previously married to Katie Price, will serve half his sentence in prison and the other half spent on licence following his release.

He will have to adhere to a series of rules and most likely a curfew, meaning he will be cutting it very fine to be with Nikki during the birth.

His lawyer Gary Pons argued "kind, caring, loving" Reid should avoid jail as he is due to become a dad.

He described him as “an individual who has made mistakes, but whose intentions are always good".

Yesterday Nikki, who has undergone 18 operations during her fertility journey, told fans she was seven months pregnant, as she showed them her bruised stomach.

Alex is already dad to eight-year-old Dolly with his ex Chantelle Houghton.

He was caged today after he attempted to claim the compensation after his Audi A6 was involved in a car crash with a Seat Leon.

He said in his sworn statement a stranger on a motorbike had offered to be a witness after approaching him before police arrived on the A41 in 2018.

But Axa, who insured the Seat driver, discovered Reid knew kick-boxing champ Darren Summers and had trained him for his first fight.

They argued the Celebrity Big Brother winner should be jailed for “knowingly giving a false statement”.

The firm brought the case to the High Court for a committal hearing where he was convicted of contempt of court.

The court heard how Alex tried claiming up to £50,000 plus £11,500 “special damages” following the crash in January 2018.

But the judge said he likely would have received £20,000 if the bid was successful.

Mrs Justice Eady said he made “a deliberate falsehood in which the defendant stood to make significant financial gain.”

She also rejected any suggestion he should be treated different because of his “celebrity".

Alex is best known for marrying Katie Price in Las Vegas in February 2010 after seven months of dating and just nine months after the glamour model divorced Peter Andre.

They met at Michelle Heaton's 30th birthday party at Cafe de Paris, in London.

But after just 11 months of marriage the pair split and divorced in March 2012.