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Daily Mirror
Daily Mirror
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John Bett & Matt Roper

Chilling crimes of conman, 30, who pretended to be missing teen resurface on Netflix

A conman pretended to be a family's missing son and tricked his whole family - who ignored his change in eye colour and accent. Nicholas Barclay was just 13-years-old when he disappeared and his family were distraught when no trace of him could be found.

They were understandably elated when a man turned up on their doorstep claiming to be Nicholas - and they turned a blind eye to a few glaring differences. But it turns out the man was a fraudster and was really a Frenchman named Frederic Bourdin - and he wasn't 16, but 23. Now, his story is being shown on Netflix, in a jaw-dropping documentary called The Imposter.

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