The girl claimed she was pinned down, defaced with swastika in the east German town
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An 18-year-old girl who claimed that neo-Nazis scratched a http://www.wvwnews.net/story.php?id=4404 on her thigh after she defended a child from a racist attack was convicted Friday of faking a crime.
A court in the http://www.wvwnews.net/story.php?id=715 town of Hainichen sentenced the girl to 40 hours of community service at the end of a closed door trial that heard evidence from 22 witnesses and two experts.
The alleged attack in November last year shocked Germany, with commentators calling for a crackdown on neo-Nazi thugs.
Police in the eastern town of Mittweida, near the Czech border, say an extensive inquiry had failed to produce any corroborating evidence. The court found the girl had carved the swastika into her own skin.The alleged crime last year caused a stir in Germany, as many called for a crackdown on neo-Nazi activity.
She claimed four youths with shaven heads had shoved an immigrant girl aged about five of Russian origin. When the 18-year-old protested, they had held the teenager down and scratched her on a car-park as residents watched from the balconies of nearby apartments.
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