Murderer's mother blames videogames for son's actions

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Actually, when reading the article. The mother doesn't specifically say that the videogames made her kid do it. The exact quotes were

"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."

Lorraine, 45, said: "I know these games are played by kids across the world, but some are truly horrific."And if they can cause a trigger to be pulled in someone's head they should be banned.

The article also states that he spent time on the web researching serial killers, trying to talk to pedophiles, and ordering materials like the black clothes he wore to do it, a black wig and a hunting knife. 

But the article wholly revolves around videogames, making absurd statements like

-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.

-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.

-But every night he would retreat into his darkened bedroom at home in Rainham, Essex, and enter a grisly virtual world that revelled in sadism, ritual blood-letting and death. Just like millions of other youngsters.

One of baby-faced Harling's favourite games was the notorious Manhunt, where players SLASH and SLICE their victims with meat CLEAVERS, cheese WIRE and CHAINSAWS, or suffocate them with plastic bags.

It was banned in New Zealand in 2004 but allowed onto the UK market uncensored.

The article is also lined with pictures of Manhunt.

Basically, the mom did sort of point towards videogames, but most of it is just trashy tabloid flare for stupidity,