His name was Siavash, and he had quite a life story: Born in Iran, the teenager had been forced to flee the Middle Eastern theocracy in mysterious circumstances, and had since managed to cross Europe, with only a younger brother for company.
Having arrived in the UK – it’s not clear how – the duo promptly claimed asylum, declaring themselves to be 15 and 12 years old respectively.
They also got attention of a refugee charity, which helped to house them in Suffolk, where there is a small but well-established Iranian immigrant community.
Siavash could speak only broken English, but by all accounts he threw himself into school life, turning up at the start of each day with smartly brushed hair and a spotless blazer, tie and V-neck sweater.
School children, came rapidly to the conclusion that the supposed new boy was not actually a boy at all, but very much a fully-grown man.
He was brazenly lying about his age in order to get a free education, and indeed remain in the country.
Eventually, the school passed on concerns about his age to the Home Office. On November 2, both he and his younger brother had been pulled out of Stoke High pending a full investigation.
His social media account claimed, he was a former architecture student from Islamic Azad University in Abadan, Iran,
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