To be fair, the only connection between Bear Grylls and this case is that the Daily Mail decided to throw Grylls' name into the mix to make a better headline. Nothing in the story even suggests that Grylls or any other TV personality had any influence on David Austin (though it did mention that Austin attended several outdoor survival and bushcraft courses).

In reality, for the Daily Mail good headlines beat the truth any day of the week (a good portion of the typical BS stories flying around the internet start with them!).