Hainichen, Germany - An 18-year-old girl who claimed that neo-Nazis scratched a swastika on her thigh after she defended a child from a racist attack was convicted Friday of faking a crime.
A court in the east German town of Hainichen sentenced her 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.
