Brian MacKinnon, a young man with brown hair wearing a light green polo-neck, a green waistcoat and glasses, looks at himself in a mirror.Image source, Alamy
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Brian MacKinnon lived a double life as teenage student Brandon Lee

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An imposter who made headlines around the world for posing as a school pupil in his 30s has appeared in court and admitted hiding in the home of his former university professor before subjecting him to a "terrifying ordeal"

Brian MacKinnon targeted Prof Brian Whiting, 87, as he lay in bed with his wife, the day after a BBC docudrama on his ruse was broadcast.

My Old School chronicled MacKinnon's return to Bearsden Academy, as Brandon Lee, a 16-year-old who had supposedly just moved to Scotland from Canada.