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Indyplus video: 'Forest Boy' to sentenced to 150 hours of community service after duping German authorities

 

Thursday 26 September 2013 18:12 BST
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Forest boy led German police and social services into believing he was alone in the world and had been living rough in the woods of central Europe for five years. He was exposed as a fraud and identified as a 20-year-old Dutchman.

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