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A man who fathered up to 600 children around the world has been ordered to stop donating sperm by a Dutch court.

The 41-year-old Dutchman, identified by de Telegraaf newspaper as Jonathan Meijer, was forbidden to donate more semen to clinics, the court ruling said.

He could be fined 100,000 euros (£88,000) per infraction.

Judges also ordered Meijer, a musician from The Hague, to write to clinics abroad asking them to destroy any of his semen they have in stock, except doses reserved for parents who already had children by him.

The decision came after a civil case was started by a foundation representing the interests of donor children and Dutch parents who had used Meijer as a donor.