British PM Brown to meet with mother of Manhunt murder victim

Even if the murder was committed against Stefan Pakeerah four years ago, the issue is still pretty much alive as British Prime Minister Gordon Brown will meet with the mother of the Manhunt murder victim to discuss concerns on the violent content of games. Find out more in the full article.

News has it that British Prime Minister Gordon Brown will be meeting with Giselle Pakeerah, mother of the Manhunt murder victim Stefan.

Aside from this meeting with the mother, Keith Vaz and Julian Brazier from the Parliament are also to meet with PM Brown. They will be discussing about the things they can do in order to have tougher regulation schemes on video games that have high violent content.

Furthermore, PM Gordon Brown is currently waiting for the results of the study being done by Dr. Tanya Byron on the effects of games and the Internet in general on children. New found information from the study will be able to guide them to craft laws or pursue actions on video games.

Regarding the whole Manhunt murder issue and violent games, Vaz said:

Stefan was a young, innocent boy with a promising future. This was snatched from him in a gruesome and horrific attack. I want to discuss with the Prime Minister what can be done to stop these games being sold.

The victim was only 14 when he was stabbed to death back in February 2004. The suspect, 17-year old Warren LeBlanc, is believed to have been inspired by the said game.

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