A teenager who had gone through numerous hours of Manhunt has murdered a nurse. He spent weeks of researching and money to purchase some products used in Manhunt. The nurse was slashed & hacked 72 times. They found the teenagers kit after it was dumped and it had his address on the mail ordering package.

The parents had said that her boy was performing superbly in education and has 10 good GCSE's. The parent also went on saying that she never knew games were so graphic and violent. The parent also had the guts to say that she just realised recently that there is age ratings on the games packaging.

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THE parents of Britain's most violent teenage murderer has revealed how computer games dripping with bloodlust and death turned their son into a twisted killer.

Stuart Harling — who'd seemed a normal loving boy — got life for stabbing nurse Cheryl Moss to death while she was on a cigarette break.

In a sickening random attack the 18-year-old trainee accountant slashed and hacked her 72 times — just like he'd PRACTISED on the PlayStation in his bedroom.

Now, two weeks after he was convicted at the Old Bailey, heartbroken mum Lorraine Harling has confessed she and husband David had NO IDEA of the well of savagery that had quietly built up in their son.

School attendance officer Lorraine said: "Stuart never gave us any reason to think he was violent at all. He was a very normal boy—quiet and reserved. I used to call him ‘my little professor'.

"I knew he was playing the video games but we didn't really know what went on in them, how brutal and graphic they were."
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  • 3
    Miss Razz Jul 15, 07
    Yet another "blame game" is placed on video games. Pfft.

    If someone goes on a murderous rampage because of a video-game, then they were obviously pretty screwed up to begin with. A normal person doesn't start killing people just because they play violent games.


    Plus ... maybe the mother should take a long, hard look at herself. She's the idiot who assumed that all games are nice, safe and friendly for kids, simply because "everyone else was playing them". A parent should take the effort to find out EXACTLY what their kids are playing, and how they are handling it ... Instead of just assuming everything is peachy, then blaming the games when something goes wrong with their kid.
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      Shadow net583x s Jul 15, 07
      Thats like saying "Drugs must be okay, since everyone else is doing them"

      Jesus *bleep*ing Christ, I seriously hate people like this to death!

      You never hear anything like "Big Brain Academy tought be to be smart", u always hear "This game made them kill, so it should be banned"! I bet if it was even a Barney game, she would say something in it made him kill, because this just shows that she is a shit parent and didnt even take the time to see what her son was doing, since he had like 2 weeks to get all the stuff necessary.
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    Play ISDF Jul 15, 07
    Oh my freakin god. How. *bleep*ing. Stupid. Can. People. Get.

    She instantly assumes that, because of Manhunt, a game that has multiple warnings about it's content on the case, all games MUST be bad and should be banned. All I can say to that is, she is a freaking moron. This just goes to prove that it's nobodies fault except the parents. And because she can't take the fact that she caused it, she blames video games.

    Sure, lets say Manhunt sent off a chain reaction in this kids mind from the first time he played that sent him to kill this nurse, we'll assume that for just a minute. Does it not come to reason that even if the mother was stupid enough not to read the warnings and all, that she should have at least been checking up on the teen every once and awhile when he was playing? Would it not stand to reason that she should have supervised him for a little bit? If she did that, she might have been able to pick up on the fact that the game is violent or her kid wasn't terribly straight in the head.

    Sorry if anything I say seems a tad cruel, but I'm sick and tired of idiots like this making foolish assumptions about topics they know nothing about. Wacky Jacko is gonna have a field day with this...
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    Insanity Prevails Jul 15, 07
    Unfortunately, people tend to be completely unwilling to take responsibility for actions, or even to accept that someone they know did something wrong by their own will. Video games often get the finger pointed at them as "triggers" and calls for bans emerge.

    It's a load of crap though. As you say GG, no actual "normal" person would decide "hey, that's a cool idea, I'll try that".
  • 0
    tidus04 Jul 15, 07
    Why do people always blame games, I have never understood this. Massive shame to hear it is directed in our direction yet again.
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    Existenz Jul 15, 07
    Hahahahahaha! Wow what a *bleep*ed up parent... Bad parenting not to blame then? The bitch bought him the damn game, a responsible adult would actually read into the game and see why it has an 18 rating, the kid was probably mentally ill anyway.
  • 1
    joshthegreat Jul 15, 07
    What an idiotic parent. And the kid...
  • 0
    Storm* Jul 15, 07
    Hah, terrible parenting to say the least. There's no way they can sue for this one. I agree with Existenz, the kid may have been mentally ill to go this far. Damn, life for a kid this young? Well he deserves it, although his parents should be involved in the sentencing. He's a minor and they have a huge responsibility over him and his actions.
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    Rinkydink Jul 15, 07
    Yeah terrible parenting is the main cause. If my son was that crazy to react so badly to a game like that, then I wouldn't let him play it in the first place, or play video games at all for that matter. It is a shame that they are putting all of the blame on videogames, since it is so easy to do so.
  • 1
    Gotenks Jul 15, 07
    Like I've said before.

    Games didn't make the kid do this. The kid did it his self.
    • 0
      AdamHill Jul 16, 07
      exactly, gotenks. and like I said earlier, do you think Jack the Ripper killed all of those prostitutes because he played GTA? NO. people make these decisions because they think it makes sense, but it doesn't.
      I have actually handled firearms when I was younger, and I still have the BB gun. yet, I have never shot any human being with it, just because I have played a few (OK, a lot of) games with guns.
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    Cruxis Mana Jul 15, 07
    This was in the newspapers over here ages ago and I read the article. The article made no connection between the murder and any video games, never mind Manhunt.
    If the game did make their son a killer, why are they only now telling us this information. However it still is a pretty gruesome attack.

    Man I'd love to be a lawyer for a gaming company right now. I give them such a shouting at ! ...
  • 0
    iLLmatic Jul 15, 07
    C'mon now, this whole mission to blame everything else has become so expected that it is ridiculous. It's way beyond just videogames, but is it anything but a coincidence that this story has come into headlines just after Manhunt 2 was banned? This is a joke. Is taking responsibility really THAT hard of a thing to do in this world?
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    FRoGBuster Jul 15, 07
    Though, it's pretty easy to blame manhunt. I mean, it's not unreasonable. If someone commited a murder, and you find out they were running simulations of murder before he committed it, well, it's a no brainer that the simulation probably DID help him. But I would say bank robberies in movies do just as much in influencing people who try to rob banks. Barbie Bandits for example.
    Gamestores Should take more responsibility too, though. Just like gun retailers take more caution in who they give guns to. Games like manhunt that are explicitly for the celebration of violence - perhaps should not be kept on the shelves, but under the counter. That way, kids won't be tempted to get it, or even know it's there. And the people that want it can still get it easily after they show their ID.
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    bbb7002004 Jul 15, 07
    I really wish I could sit down people who share this same kind of thinking and explain to them how stupid blaming a game is. Last time I checked, a whole lot more people have been even more brutally murdered in the name of religion, but I don't see these people banning the bible.
    • 0
      tidus04 Jul 15, 07
      Quite an interesting way of seeing it, the bible and many religions have influenced much more crime then this, I just don't see how they can ban that as they believe in it so much.
  • 0
    Synergized Jul 15, 07
    Sure the game could influence him and give him a little push, but the kid chose his actions by himself.
  • 0
    Final Blade Jul 15, 07
    Wow i can't believe this, STOP blaming games.
  • 0
    Raziel_326 Jul 15, 07
    If games were ever somewhat to blame, then these games obviously aren't training kids to be very GOOD killers.
  • 0
    Solid Snake 4Life Jul 15, 07
    This is bullshit. Don't blame games I have been playing them all my life and things like this have never crossed my mind. Blame the nutjobs who play them.
  • 0
    Storm* Jul 15, 07
    Imagine what the infamous Jack Thompson must be thinking with this news as well as the starvation article...like music to his ears.
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      nflsmc Jul 16, 07
      Hopefully it will make him happy enough to have a massive heart attack.


      (Not enough to kill him, just make him retire...)
  • 0
    Evanster Jul 16, 07
    Parents should monitor how much kids play games like that. But it's 30% games fault, and 70% parents fault.
  • 0
    Synergized Jul 16, 07
    Don't forget it's part the kids fault for choosing his actions.
    • 0
      volacide Jul 16, 07
      No, you've got it all wrong. It's partly the parents fault and ALL the kids fault, he was old enough to make his own decisions.

      Besides, he was old enough to purchase the game by himself.
      • 0
        Synergized Jul 16, 07
        Oh sorry, I was looking at the picture and totally didn't think he'd be 18. First look at the article, I thought he'd be maybe 11 or 12.
  • 1
    black_wing79 Jul 16, 07
    Its the parents fault for not educating him properly in what is right and wrong and differentiating real from fiction.. My parents made it a point to make me understand things in TV and games from a very young age..

    Its not like people do not now abut Manhunt.. it is a game that nearly everyone knows about.. and even if people don't read the news, they can read the game details on the back of the box before they buy the game for their children..so it is no point blaming the game... if you really want something to blame for rising violence, blame the armies in all the countries for drafting in kids against their will and forcing them to go for meaningless wars and kill unamed numbers of innocents..that is waaay more evil than what a game like manhunt can ever do..
  • 0
    SSJ3 Trunks Jul 16, 07
    Another article on how video games are to blame? Don't the parents buy the games for the kids and don't they see the ratings and stuff? DO you honestly let you're kid buy rated "M" games without there parents even noticing? How sad...
  • 0
    dcbake Jul 16, 07
    What a dumbass. This kid is clearly f'ed up he just USED Manhunt as a tool to act out his fantasies then took it to a stupid level. There are plenty of people who play the game and decide against acting it out me being one.
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    Seeker X Jul 16, 07
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    I knew he was playing the video games but we didn't really know what went on in them, how brutal and graphic they were.
    Nice going, mom, You forgot to lecture your son repedeatly about the game.

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    I'm going to cut your *bleep*ing head off and s*** down your neck!
    This line is not in the game...not in any game I've ever played...BUT, I do remember this from a movie...yes...a movie...maybe that could've been at fault too? A GODAMN MOVIE??

    People could be asking themselves...why? My theory is that he was probably bored with his life...I mean, spotless and shining school record...bound to have some skeletons in the closet.
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      Final Blade Jul 17, 07
      good point, it was probably a move related thing.
  • 0
    Oblivion Jul 17, 07
    Wow, that kid must have been twisted in the first place. Games don't make you go crazy and kill...
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    Capn Droid Jul 22, 07
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    He was a very normal boy—quiet and reserved.
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    We didn't really know what went on in them, how brutal and graphic they were.
    quote ITANI
    The parent also had the guts to say that she just realised recently that there is age ratings on the games packaging.
    Normal children are very quiet, reserved, just like an emo.
    And the game was Manhunt.
    Plus, the ratings are on every single fricking game.

    B-tch.

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