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0:00:34 > 0:00:36A teenager who stabbed to death a 14-year-old boy he met
0:00:36 > 0:00:38while playing online video games...
0:00:38 > 0:00:40Lewis Daynes stabbed Breck Bednar
0:00:40 > 0:00:42after grooming him via internet gaming...
0:00:42 > 0:00:45- He befriended Breck Bednar online... - 'Then groomed him...'
0:00:45 > 0:00:46'Grooming him online...'
0:00:46 > 0:00:50'..Other adolescents, before luring him to his death...'
0:00:50 > 0:00:53On February 17, 2014,
0:00:53 > 0:00:57Surrey schoolboy Breck Bednar was lured to his death.
0:00:57 > 0:01:00I am thankful for this Thanksgiving meal,
0:01:00 > 0:01:03because it is definitely the best I've ever had.
0:01:04 > 0:01:0614-year-old Breck was a talented gamer.
0:01:06 > 0:01:10He had been groomed online for nearly a year by someone
0:01:10 > 0:01:13he thought was his best friend.
0:01:13 > 0:01:16'Lewis Daynes stabbed Breck Bednar at his flat in Grays
0:01:16 > 0:01:19'after grooming him via internet...'
0:01:19 > 0:01:20SHE SNIFFS
0:01:20 > 0:01:23'Breck would have never thought he was being groomed.'
0:01:24 > 0:01:28He just thought that they hit it off as friends.
0:01:29 > 0:01:30'Why Breck?
0:01:30 > 0:01:35'There was a group of six - why was Breck the one who fell for it?'
0:01:35 > 0:01:37I don't know, I sometimes think, "Breck, why did you do this?"
0:01:37 > 0:01:39You know. "Come on!"
0:01:42 > 0:01:46For the first time, five of Breck's closest friends have agreed
0:01:46 > 0:01:50to speak about what went so wrong within their gaming group.
0:01:51 > 0:01:53If there is anything you're not comfortable with,
0:01:53 > 0:01:55just tell us to stop.
0:01:55 > 0:01:59These campaigns in school we see all the time, like Stranger Danger,
0:01:59 > 0:02:02but it wasn't really like anything you see at school before.
0:02:02 > 0:02:05Yet we all sort of...
0:02:06 > 0:02:08..fell into it. Into the trap.
0:02:08 > 0:02:13Told through real-life testimony and drama,
0:02:13 > 0:02:16this is the story of how an innocent gamer became
0:02:16 > 0:02:18the victim of cold-blooded murder,
0:02:18 > 0:02:24and what led a teenager from Essex to kill someone he had never met.
0:02:24 > 0:02:26'And who am I speaking to?'
0:02:26 > 0:02:29My name is Lewis Daynes, I'm 18 years old.
0:02:53 > 0:02:54Hi, Brecky.
0:02:58 > 0:03:01We put up our Christmas tree at home, sweetie.
0:03:01 > 0:03:03We needed you to do the lights.
0:03:03 > 0:03:06It was a bit of a disaster.
0:03:09 > 0:03:14This will be Lorin's first Christmas without her eldest son, Breck.
0:03:15 > 0:03:19I miss you so much, sweetheart.
0:03:19 > 0:03:22It's hard for Mummy to have fun in the holidays,
0:03:22 > 0:03:23or any time, without you.
0:03:28 > 0:03:31'Breck was killed on our mum's birthday.'
0:03:33 > 0:03:34Just one day, out of the blue,
0:03:34 > 0:03:38he just went on a sleepover and never came back.
0:03:41 > 0:03:43That's Breck.
0:03:43 > 0:03:45There is me, Carly and Chloe.
0:03:51 > 0:03:54The story of what happened to their older brother would send
0:03:54 > 0:03:57shock waves through the gaming community.
0:04:01 > 0:04:05One morning in February 2014,
0:04:05 > 0:04:07without telling anybody,
0:04:07 > 0:04:1214-year-old Breck got into a taxi to travel 30 miles to Essex.
0:04:13 > 0:04:15He was never seen alive again.
0:04:22 > 0:04:26Looking at this photo, it captures what he loves in one photo.
0:04:26 > 0:04:29You know, he's on the computer and he's smiling.
0:04:32 > 0:04:39'I remember him being joyous and sort of always laughing and happy.
0:04:46 > 0:04:49'Me and Breck had the same interests, we sat next to each other
0:04:49 > 0:04:52'in form as well, we had the same sense of humour, I guess.'
0:04:53 > 0:04:56I wouldn't say immaturity, but I'd say pretty close to it.
0:04:56 > 0:04:58Just sort of making jokes out of everything
0:04:58 > 0:05:00and laughing all the time.
0:05:00 > 0:05:02CHATTER
0:05:02 > 0:05:05I'm doing maths, physics, history
0:05:05 > 0:05:08and I haven't decided on my last one yet.
0:05:10 > 0:05:13'Breck was an A star student.'
0:05:13 > 0:05:16He was doing triple science, further maths,
0:05:16 > 0:05:19he was top set for everything.
0:05:19 > 0:05:23'Really nice person, Breck, yeah. He got on with everyone.'
0:05:23 > 0:05:26SCHOOL BELL RINGS
0:05:33 > 0:05:35Every day after school,
0:05:35 > 0:05:38like thousands of other teenagers across the country,
0:05:38 > 0:05:41Breck and his friends would go home to meet up in their virtual world,
0:05:41 > 0:05:45on the best gaming server they'd ever come across.
0:05:46 > 0:05:51I first met Breck because I invited some other boys onto the server,
0:05:51 > 0:05:54who were friends with Breck,
0:05:54 > 0:05:57'um, and they in turn invited Breck on.'
0:05:59 > 0:06:03'I think at first, we met through Minecraft.'
0:06:03 > 0:06:06Liam put to me that they were on this server
0:06:06 > 0:06:08and it would be cool if I joined them.
0:06:10 > 0:06:12'Breck introduced me to the server.'
0:06:12 > 0:06:15Yeah, we were all good friends. Good fun for everyone.
0:06:21 > 0:06:25Get on when we got home, just sort of start talking.
0:06:25 > 0:06:27- Hello.- Hi.
0:06:27 > 0:06:28I'm joining now.
0:06:28 > 0:06:30What are you guys playing?
0:06:30 > 0:06:31Like having your mates over.
0:06:31 > 0:06:33Are you ready for this?
0:06:33 > 0:06:35I guess. What are you guys up to?
0:06:35 > 0:06:37Well, we're playing Rust.
0:06:37 > 0:06:41- Oh, isn't that just brilliant?! Can I join?- Yeah, sure.
0:06:41 > 0:06:42Who is in the channel at the moment?
0:06:42 > 0:06:46I first saw TeamSpeak, I thought it was the coolest thing I'd ever seen.
0:06:46 > 0:06:47Breck was so proud of showing me -
0:06:47 > 0:06:49"This is how it works, this is what it does."
0:06:49 > 0:06:52And having all those friends speaking to him in real-time
0:06:52 > 0:06:55and they were sharing video clips and playing games,
0:06:55 > 0:06:57it was like they were in a clubhouse.
0:06:57 > 0:06:59A virtual clubhouse.
0:06:59 > 0:07:02I just want to hit you on the head with this rock. Come on.
0:07:02 > 0:07:05Come here! I'm going to hit you! There you go.
0:07:05 > 0:07:08Why are you... What?!
0:07:11 > 0:07:14I think at the time, we majorly played Battlefield 3,
0:07:14 > 0:07:16I know it was a favourite with Breck.
0:07:19 > 0:07:21I guess it's boys and guns, something like that.
0:07:23 > 0:07:28Breck was probably the best shooter. It was just the way he'd do it.
0:07:28 > 0:07:30It was just a way to escape, really, it was quite exciting.
0:07:30 > 0:07:32I need to do more. Let's go, then.
0:07:34 > 0:07:36I think you could sort of, like, smuggle drugs
0:07:36 > 0:07:38or, like, be a police officer...
0:07:38 > 0:07:43If we felt like it, just become a crooked cop and just abuse the law.
0:07:43 > 0:07:46Just hit you with a flaming torch! Whoa!
0:07:46 > 0:07:50This sort of exciting criminal world.
0:07:50 > 0:07:55And then, like, log off and have fish fingers and chips for tea!
0:08:02 > 0:08:04The owner of their favourite server
0:08:04 > 0:08:07was someone none of the boys had ever met -
0:08:07 > 0:08:1017-year-old computer whiz Lewis Daynes.
0:08:12 > 0:08:15He made it quite clear that he owned the server and ran things,
0:08:15 > 0:08:18but there was no, like, formal introduction or anything,
0:08:18 > 0:08:19it was just...
0:08:19 > 0:08:22Hi, I'm Lewis.
0:08:23 > 0:08:25'Lewis was very inviting.'
0:08:25 > 0:08:28You know, he allowed everyone on, there wasn't a password...
0:08:33 > 0:08:34Breck.
0:08:36 > 0:08:38So, whereabouts are you?
0:08:42 > 0:08:44At the turret, sniping.
0:08:44 > 0:08:46Hey, watch out.
0:08:48 > 0:08:52- Quick, down! - GUNFIRE
0:08:52 > 0:08:54- No, no, no, left! Left! Look up left!- OK, come on.
0:08:54 > 0:08:57- Right, I'll cover you. - HE LAUGHS
0:08:57 > 0:08:58I'm getting shot at!
0:08:58 > 0:09:01- So, go quicker, then! - Cover me!- I am, I am!
0:09:01 > 0:09:03Get down, get down!
0:09:03 > 0:09:05Someone behind you.
0:09:05 > 0:09:09He was a few years older than us, so, he was sort of the, like,
0:09:09 > 0:09:14mature one that everyone looked up to. We were only 13, 14.
0:09:14 > 0:09:18GUNFIRE AND LAUGHING
0:09:18 > 0:09:19Too easy, too easy.
0:09:19 > 0:09:22He seemed to have quite a lot more experience in life
0:09:22 > 0:09:25and in computers and stuff than any of us.
0:09:25 > 0:09:30We were sort of, er, really in awe of his, like, technical ability,
0:09:30 > 0:09:33to just do anything on the computer.
0:09:33 > 0:09:36Me and Breck, we really liked coding and he would encourage us
0:09:36 > 0:09:39to code and stuff like that.
0:09:39 > 0:09:41Cover me, cover me, cover me! Too many people!
0:09:41 > 0:09:43- Can you get down...?- No, I can't...
0:09:43 > 0:09:44One...
0:09:44 > 0:09:46- two! - EXPLOSION
0:09:46 > 0:09:47- THEY LAUGH - Yes!
0:09:48 > 0:09:50Right through the eyes.
0:09:52 > 0:09:55'You could always hear before you could see.'
0:09:55 > 0:10:01And even though he had this big, deep voice, he'd be giggling away.
0:10:01 > 0:10:03Teenage fun and games.
0:10:05 > 0:10:08Breck would spend all of his money, his birthday money,
0:10:08 > 0:10:13his Christmas money... on his computer stuff.
0:10:13 > 0:10:19And he had three big screens. There was always something going on.
0:10:19 > 0:10:22The centre usually was the gaming screen.
0:10:22 > 0:10:26On the right was more interactive and things would pop up.
0:10:26 > 0:10:28On the left was sort of his...
0:10:30 > 0:10:32..message screen.
0:10:32 > 0:10:34Right there was where I...
0:10:34 > 0:10:37saw the avatar of Daynes, who wasn't Daynes.
0:10:42 > 0:10:45- How was your day?- It was good.
0:10:45 > 0:10:48We went to see Mad Max in the cinema and we were the only two in there.
0:10:48 > 0:10:50Oh!
0:10:50 > 0:10:52OVERLAPPING CHATTER
0:10:52 > 0:10:53Oh, my God!
0:10:53 > 0:10:57- DAD:- I think some of his friends were probably there just to play the games.
0:10:57 > 0:11:00But Breck was very in tune with the technology that was going on.
0:11:00 > 0:11:04Lewis Daynes was somebody that had skills or the wherewithal to
0:11:04 > 0:11:08teach Breck something new about it and he was learning.
0:11:08 > 0:11:10Hey, Breck! Hey Breck!
0:11:10 > 0:11:13DAD LAUGHS
0:11:13 > 0:11:18As a child he was always attracted to machines and electronics.
0:11:18 > 0:11:21Two, one...
0:11:21 > 0:11:23BRECK SHRIEKS WITH LAUGHTER
0:11:23 > 0:11:25It doesn't matter how big it is.
0:11:25 > 0:11:29'One of our big bonds, we built models, we built rockets.'
0:11:29 > 0:11:30Yeah!
0:11:32 > 0:11:35When he was three years old they called him a boy genius
0:11:35 > 0:11:37because he was always fixing things.
0:11:39 > 0:11:40As he got older
0:11:40 > 0:11:43he kind of transferred those talents to computing.
0:11:43 > 0:11:46He was able to fix and modify and make things happen,
0:11:46 > 0:11:49and that was one of his big passions in life, was doing that.
0:11:52 > 0:11:56- MATT:- When Breck first got his computer, he built it.
0:11:56 > 0:11:59He bought all the PSUs and graphics cards and motherboards and
0:11:59 > 0:12:04stuff like that so that he could get the exact computer that he wanted.
0:12:08 > 0:12:10- MUM:- Oh, really?- DAD:- Yay! - Wow!
0:12:13 > 0:12:15Well done!
0:12:15 > 0:12:18- MUM:- Breck really looked up to Lewis as a mentor
0:12:18 > 0:12:21because of Lewis being more knowledgeable about computers.
0:12:21 > 0:12:25He just wanted to soak in every sort of ounce of information
0:12:25 > 0:12:28that would help him in his career.
0:12:30 > 0:12:33What Lorin didn't know was her son was gaming with a teenager
0:12:33 > 0:12:36who spent his days prowling the internet
0:12:36 > 0:12:39looking for young gamers to befriend.
0:12:39 > 0:12:41Is anybody here?
0:12:41 > 0:12:44In Breck, Lewis Daynes quickly detected someone
0:12:44 > 0:12:46he could impress with his computer skills.
0:12:46 > 0:12:49This server is the quickest one I've ever been on. It's so fast.
0:12:49 > 0:12:52How do you do it all?
0:12:52 > 0:12:56I run it at optimum level and my network is impenetrable.
0:12:59 > 0:13:00Boom!
0:13:00 > 0:13:05- So, where are you now? - I'm in New York, Breck.
0:13:05 > 0:13:08Wait, are you in New York now?
0:13:08 > 0:13:12- Yeah! I'm knackered - I'm pulling an all-nighter.- What, on this?
0:13:12 > 0:13:15No, Breck, I do have a life.
0:13:15 > 0:13:19Been testing security for the US government.
0:13:19 > 0:13:20- You're a hacker.- I can't say.
0:13:20 > 0:13:23- That's all you're getting from me, I'm afraid.- Oh, go on!
0:13:23 > 0:13:27No, no, you don't know who might be picking up these communications online.
0:13:27 > 0:13:31- By day I run a computer technology company.- No way!
0:13:31 > 0:13:34I'm also a computer engineer.
0:13:34 > 0:13:37- Are you serious? - Yes, deadly serious.
0:13:37 > 0:13:40That's, like, my dream job.
0:13:41 > 0:13:45While Lewis claimed to be running a computer company, he was really
0:13:45 > 0:13:51unemployed, living alone in a flat in Essex, spinning a web of lies.
0:13:53 > 0:13:56He had told me was part of a million-dollar company.
0:13:56 > 0:13:59I've made over two million quid in Bitcoins.
0:13:59 > 0:14:03- TOM:- He told me he made about £2 million off this virtual currency.
0:14:03 > 0:14:05That's what he said, and I believed him.
0:14:05 > 0:14:10- Two million?!- Mm.- Really?- Yeah, and I gave most of it away.
0:14:10 > 0:14:12I was quite, like, you know, wow!
0:14:12 > 0:14:17As a computer engineer, done work for the government there.
0:14:17 > 0:14:21He was very private about his job and what he did.
0:14:21 > 0:14:26He sort of kept this character of sort of mystery.
0:14:26 > 0:14:30- It's top-secret government stuff, you know. Need-to-know basis.- Go on.
0:14:30 > 0:14:33No, Breck, that's all you're getting from me.
0:14:33 > 0:14:36He had his own apartment at 18.
0:14:36 > 0:14:41Rich, independent, job in computing, travelling round the world.
0:14:41 > 0:14:44# URL badman. #
0:14:44 > 0:14:49Everything that Lewis was saying was sort of Breck's ideal lifestyle.
0:14:49 > 0:14:52If you've got any technical issues just give me a shout,
0:14:52 > 0:14:54- I'll give you a hand. - Yeah, definitely, nice one.
0:14:54 > 0:14:56I would go into the room and Breck would say, "My mum's here."
0:14:56 > 0:14:58Mum's here now.
0:14:58 > 0:15:02The other boys would just go quiet, but Lewis was very confident
0:15:02 > 0:15:04and would say, "Oh, hey, Mum, how are you doing?"
0:15:04 > 0:15:09And I'd ask him, "What have you been doing? What do you like about New York?"
0:15:09 > 0:15:12New York's great. I haven't been doing much, just working.
0:15:12 > 0:15:15I'd say, "Why aren't you out with a girlfriend, a friend?"
0:15:15 > 0:15:17Oh...I'm just staying in tonight.
0:15:17 > 0:15:21A lot of times his answers would be vague.
0:15:21 > 0:15:25I thought, why is a 17-going- on-18-year-old hanging out with
0:15:25 > 0:15:2814-year-old boys Friday and Saturday nights online?
0:15:28 > 0:15:31And I thought, what is wrong with this person
0:15:31 > 0:15:35that he's not actually interacting with people his own age?
0:15:36 > 0:15:38It seemed unusual
0:15:38 > 0:15:44and it did put a sort of little niggle of worry in my mind.
0:15:48 > 0:15:53Breck had only been part of Lewis's gaming group for a few months,
0:15:53 > 0:15:55but some of the older boys were becoming suspicious.
0:15:55 > 0:15:57What have you been up to this week?
0:15:59 > 0:16:01'I talked to Lewis'
0:16:01 > 0:16:03for about a year and a half,
0:16:03 > 0:16:07quite a long time to go without actually meeting this person.
0:16:08 > 0:16:12Everyone else was pretty open about their appearance.
0:16:12 > 0:16:15We had pretty much everyone on Facebook.
0:16:15 > 0:16:17We'd all connect through social media.
0:16:17 > 0:16:22Lewis didn't have any social networking. Wouldn't share his face.
0:16:22 > 0:16:24So we had no idea what he looked like.
0:16:25 > 0:16:28- TOM:- I had Breck round for a sleepover.
0:16:28 > 0:16:33Skyped Lewis. Lewis's screen was almost pitch-black. It was...
0:16:33 > 0:16:36You didn't really see much of Lewis.
0:16:37 > 0:16:40There were no lights on in the rest of the room. He was...
0:16:40 > 0:16:41pretty much silhouetted.
0:16:41 > 0:16:43I thought it was a little bit weird.
0:16:43 > 0:16:46I didn't really expect, you know,
0:16:46 > 0:16:50him to sort of skulk away in the shadows, because, you know,
0:16:50 > 0:16:53he sounded like he lived this glamorous lifestyle
0:16:53 > 0:16:57and you'd think he, you know, would be more confident.
0:16:59 > 0:17:01Lewis had every reason to hide.
0:17:03 > 0:17:05He'd already built up a large network of young gamers
0:17:05 > 0:17:08in an attempt to groom one of them.
0:17:08 > 0:17:11GUNFIRE IN GAME
0:17:11 > 0:17:14Breck, with his passion for computer programming,
0:17:14 > 0:17:17was becoming a promising target.
0:17:17 > 0:17:20- Shoot him in the face! - I'm trying, Breck, I'm trying!
0:17:20 > 0:17:22GUNFIRE
0:17:25 > 0:17:27Blowing this place to shit.
0:17:27 > 0:17:30- I've been meaning to ask you... - Mm-hm?
0:17:30 > 0:17:33I want to try out a mod and I was wondering if you could,
0:17:33 > 0:17:36like, chuck up a server so we could try it out.
0:17:39 > 0:17:43- Oh, yeah, I just got this server in Germany.- Oh, really?- Mm.
0:17:43 > 0:17:45I mean, I'm kind of using it for work, testing things.
0:17:45 > 0:17:47How much space do you need?
0:17:47 > 0:17:50Like, 60 gig, but obviously it has to be really fast.
0:17:50 > 0:17:54Of course it's fast, it's mine, Breck! What's the mod?
0:17:54 > 0:17:57It's just some graphical mod I've been working on.
0:17:57 > 0:17:59I forgot you were a bit of a smart arse.
0:17:59 > 0:18:03Well, hardly managing my own multimillion-pound company yet, but...
0:18:03 > 0:18:08- You want to start thinking about it, Breck.- Yeah, right! 14.- So?
0:18:08 > 0:18:10I was hacking my school's internet at 14.
0:18:10 > 0:18:13- LIAM:- Lewis sort of gave him this confidence.
0:18:13 > 0:18:16"You're a bright guy, you're really intelligent,
0:18:16 > 0:18:18"you're good at computing."
0:18:18 > 0:18:21Just played into everything Breck wanted to hear.
0:18:21 > 0:18:23You've got a very bright future ahead of you.
0:18:23 > 0:18:27You have so much potential. Your knowledge of computer systems
0:18:27 > 0:18:29is extensive. Use that, Breck, to your advantage.
0:18:29 > 0:18:31You're a very intelligent young man.
0:18:31 > 0:18:35- Listen, Breck, I need to dash. I've got things to get to.- Thanks.
0:18:35 > 0:18:37- Speak to you later, yeah? - Yeah, cool.
0:18:47 > 0:18:52Good morning! Do you know what your kids are up to online?
0:18:52 > 0:18:56Since Breck's murder, his mother Lorin has spoken publicly to raise
0:18:56 > 0:18:58awareness of the dangers of online grooming.
0:18:58 > 0:19:02A tweet here from John - "The buck stops with parents."
0:19:02 > 0:19:04What would you say to that?
0:19:04 > 0:19:06I thought Breck was safe in his bedroom,
0:19:06 > 0:19:09where I could hear what he was saying, see what he was doing.
0:19:09 > 0:19:14But I didn't realise, you know, until too late how dangerous it was.
0:19:14 > 0:19:18Lewis wanted Breck 24/7 on that computer.
0:19:18 > 0:19:22Well, if I asked him, "Why does Lewis not have other friends?
0:19:22 > 0:19:25"Why is he always available for gaming?"
0:19:25 > 0:19:28And he'd say, "Oh, it's because it's what he likes to do."
0:19:28 > 0:19:30Or, "His friends have moved away."
0:19:30 > 0:19:33I didn't feel like Breck would ever say, "Yeah, that is weird, Mum."
0:19:33 > 0:19:35Breck never said that.
0:19:35 > 0:19:37Breck would never know he was being groomed,
0:19:37 > 0:19:40because it's so subtle and it's not always sexual.
0:19:40 > 0:19:46It can sometimes just be a lot of... compliments, a lot of attention.
0:19:46 > 0:19:48- CHLOE:- Well, I just thought of it as he was,
0:19:48 > 0:19:51like, having fun with his friends.
0:19:51 > 0:19:53It didn't seem that dangerous.
0:19:53 > 0:19:55If... It would only seem dangerous
0:19:55 > 0:19:56if, like, he didn't know them
0:19:56 > 0:19:58and they weren't his friends.
0:19:58 > 0:20:01You know, you start to trust people online, but, you know,
0:20:01 > 0:20:05you have to think that maybe they have some underlying motive.
0:20:08 > 0:20:12After six months, Lewis was winning Breck's trust.
0:20:12 > 0:20:15He now encouraged Breck to speak to him on a private channel,
0:20:15 > 0:20:19so his friends couldn't hear how he was being manipulated.
0:20:20 > 0:20:22I think you're making a stupid mistake
0:20:22 > 0:20:24sticking around with school and university.
0:20:24 > 0:20:28Don't limit yourself with social conventions.
0:20:28 > 0:20:30Because there's a bigger picture for you here, Breck.
0:20:30 > 0:20:34I don't know, I always just thought I'd go to uni, I suppose.
0:20:34 > 0:20:36You actually buy into that crap, Breck?
0:20:36 > 0:20:41- What, education?- Yeah, Pythagoras, geometry - what's that about?
0:20:41 > 0:20:44What's the point in GCSEs?
0:20:44 > 0:20:46So what, you end up with a certificate
0:20:46 > 0:20:47at the end of the three years?
0:20:47 > 0:20:49Pathetic.
0:20:49 > 0:20:52What about life experience, practically doing the work?
0:20:52 > 0:20:54That's what you need. I mean, look at me.
0:20:54 > 0:20:58I left school at 16 and now I'm running my own company.
0:20:58 > 0:21:01Yeah, yeah, like, now you mention it...
0:21:01 > 0:21:05like, Steve Jobs just left college, didn't he, to set up Apple?
0:21:05 > 0:21:08And then Mark Zuckerberg dropped out of Harvard,
0:21:08 > 0:21:09and now look at Facebook.
0:21:09 > 0:21:11Exactly.
0:21:11 > 0:21:14Yeah. So you know, Breck, you could follow in their footsteps.
0:21:14 > 0:21:18Yeah, you understand about computing and coding, how it works.
0:21:18 > 0:21:20You've got technical aptitude.
0:21:20 > 0:21:23You know, it's like your brain is wired the right way.
0:21:23 > 0:21:25- Do you think so?- Yeah.
0:21:25 > 0:21:27You use that, Breck, to your advantage
0:21:27 > 0:21:30and you'll end up with two million Bitcoins like me.
0:21:30 > 0:21:33Two million - think of what you could do with that.
0:21:33 > 0:21:36Yeah, and don't get me started on church. Who needs that?
0:21:39 > 0:21:42- LIAM:- There were a lot of things that he didn't like about our lifestyle.
0:21:42 > 0:21:45He didn't like us reading mainstream news channels
0:21:45 > 0:21:50because he felt like they were lying or distorting the truth.
0:21:50 > 0:21:54He was definitely trying to change perceptions on multiple levels.
0:21:56 > 0:21:58He painted himself as quite a sort of liberal, I guess,
0:21:58 > 0:22:01freedom fighter.
0:22:01 > 0:22:02GUNFIRE
0:22:02 > 0:22:04What about them poor sods in Syria
0:22:04 > 0:22:06being bombed to shit?
0:22:06 > 0:22:08I'm thinking of going out there, Breck,
0:22:08 > 0:22:10and fighting with the Syrian rebels.
0:22:12 > 0:22:13EXPLOSION
0:22:13 > 0:22:16- Wouldn't be the first time, though.- What do you mean?
0:22:16 > 0:22:18Well, I went out to Egypt a few years back,
0:22:18 > 0:22:19fought with the Egyptian rebels.
0:22:19 > 0:22:23He said he was going to go to Syria as an aid worker,
0:22:23 > 0:22:25which I thought, "That's quite noble.
0:22:25 > 0:22:27"Are you sure you want to do that, though?
0:22:27 > 0:22:29"It's obviously really dangerous."
0:22:29 > 0:22:32Then, you know, the morning he went out, I was like,
0:22:32 > 0:22:35"Goodbye, good luck," etc.
0:22:35 > 0:22:38Then he came back on a couple of hours later saying, "Oh, no,
0:22:38 > 0:22:41"the flight's been cancelled because there was a bomb in Baghdad."
0:22:41 > 0:22:43I was like, "Oh, OK."
0:22:45 > 0:22:47Lewis's lies were getting more far-fetched.
0:22:47 > 0:22:51He was beginning to lose credibility with the older boys.
0:22:51 > 0:22:54Everything he was saying wasn't really adding up.
0:22:55 > 0:23:00He was a bit sort of...fantastical for reality, quite honestly.
0:23:00 > 0:23:04I didn't really believe that he was in America.
0:23:04 > 0:23:10By that point I was pretty sure he wasn't who he was saying he was.
0:23:12 > 0:23:14You know nothing.
0:23:14 > 0:23:17'So often I'd be a bit rude or a bit sarcastic'
0:23:17 > 0:23:20and he didn't like that very much.
0:23:20 > 0:23:23- Hey, dude, you poked? - Yeah, they were annoying me.
0:23:23 > 0:23:25- What happened to Liam?- Booted him.
0:23:25 > 0:23:27- That guy annoys me every day. - How come?
0:23:27 > 0:23:31- Spouting bollocks. - He's just chatting about school.
0:23:31 > 0:23:34That IS the bollocks! It's my server, I can do what I want.
0:23:36 > 0:23:39- TOM:- Lewis, at the end of the day, was the owner of the server,
0:23:39 > 0:23:42so if someone started to annoy him quite a lot,
0:23:42 > 0:23:45then he would just simply restrict access by banning them.
0:23:46 > 0:23:48This isn't going to carry on.
0:23:50 > 0:23:53I won't tell you again. Shut the fuck up.
0:23:54 > 0:23:58- LIAM:- It began to sort of feel like he was segregating everyone else
0:23:58 > 0:24:02from Breck by arguing, pushing them away.
0:24:02 > 0:24:05- MATT:- We had quite a few conversations with Breck
0:24:05 > 0:24:08and the conversations usually just involved,
0:24:08 > 0:24:10"We're your real-life friends.
0:24:10 > 0:24:13"Why are you sort of... focusing more on someone
0:24:13 > 0:24:16"that you haven't actually met?"
0:24:17 > 0:24:22- MAX:- I disliked him and I didn't like the way he spoke to us,
0:24:22 > 0:24:27and I told Breck that getting in with Lewis was a bad idea
0:24:27 > 0:24:33because of the way he treated him and me and everyone.
0:24:33 > 0:24:35Um...
0:24:35 > 0:24:37But I didn't enforce it.
0:24:38 > 0:24:40Lewis now told another lie
0:24:40 > 0:24:43to ensure that Breck would no longer listen to his friends.
0:24:45 > 0:24:47Listen, Breck, I've got some shit news.
0:24:47 > 0:24:51What? I heard them bitching. I tapped into another channel. I...
0:24:52 > 0:24:55I heard them talking about you, Breck.
0:24:55 > 0:24:57What are you talking about?
0:24:57 > 0:24:59Your friends.
0:24:59 > 0:25:01They, er...
0:25:03 > 0:25:06Well, they said they don't really like you.
0:25:06 > 0:25:09Mate, in fact, they said they hate you.
0:25:10 > 0:25:12I... Who said what?
0:25:17 > 0:25:19Look, OK...
0:25:20 > 0:25:22..it was Liam.
0:25:22 > 0:25:23Liam?
0:25:23 > 0:25:25Yeah.
0:25:27 > 0:25:29Well, and Matt.
0:25:31 > 0:25:32Yeah, Liam and Matt.
0:25:37 > 0:25:40Forget about them, Breck, you don't need them any more.
0:25:41 > 0:25:44They're not going to help your future,
0:25:44 > 0:25:46they're just going to stop you from doing well.
0:25:47 > 0:25:49We've got that bond, Breck,
0:25:49 > 0:25:51and that's all that matters, our friendship.
0:25:53 > 0:25:55You don't need them any more, Breck.
0:26:02 > 0:26:06We tried to say to Breck, "OK, this guy's acting really weird.
0:26:06 > 0:26:09"This is scary, you guys need to get out."
0:26:10 > 0:26:13Lewis joined the server while we were having a chat,
0:26:13 > 0:26:17began counteracting everything we were saying,
0:26:17 > 0:26:22saying we were bitching about Breck to him and that we did hate him.
0:26:22 > 0:26:25I ended up just saying, "Oh, you know what? Screw it,
0:26:25 > 0:26:29"I don't have the effort or time to argue."
0:26:30 > 0:26:33All he did was make our life really shit.
0:26:33 > 0:26:35Around November time,
0:26:35 > 0:26:38a bunch of us older guys just decided that was enough.
0:26:38 > 0:26:43So we decided to leave. And that was the last time I spoke to Breck.
0:26:48 > 0:26:51Breck stayed in Lewis's gaming group.
0:26:53 > 0:26:57Under Lewis's influence, he'd given up many of his hobbies,
0:26:57 > 0:26:58including Air Cadets.
0:27:00 > 0:27:05I did try and talk to Breck about why he started not coming up
0:27:05 > 0:27:10and he just shoved me off with generic answers,
0:27:10 > 0:27:11"I can't, I'm busy."
0:27:11 > 0:27:15It was literally just like someone had flicked a switch
0:27:15 > 0:27:16and he just stopped.
0:27:19 > 0:27:22The smiling, happy Breck just wasn't there any more.
0:27:24 > 0:27:28He kept everything to himself and became much more isolated.
0:27:29 > 0:27:32Looking back, that was probably a sign
0:27:32 > 0:27:34that something wasn't quite right.
0:27:45 > 0:27:47Lewis had been grooming Breck for eight months.
0:27:47 > 0:27:51And now there was only one person standing in his way.
0:27:53 > 0:27:55Breck would have his headphones on.
0:27:55 > 0:27:57I'd be standing there with Breck saying,
0:27:57 > 0:28:00"Breck, you need to come and do this couple of things."
0:28:00 > 0:28:02And he'd have Daynes literally in his ear,
0:28:02 > 0:28:05saying, "You don't have to do that. Don't listen to her."
0:28:05 > 0:28:08You don't have to do that. Don't listen to her.
0:28:10 > 0:28:12I had to do something about it.
0:28:12 > 0:28:17So we had this online chat and it went back and forth.
0:28:18 > 0:28:24I said, "Why are you trying to tell me how to raise my son?"
0:28:24 > 0:28:27And he'd say, "He doesn't want to go to church, why do you make him?"
0:28:27 > 0:28:30He doesn't believe in God, it's a waste of time.
0:28:30 > 0:28:33And I would say, "Well, that's what we do as a family,
0:28:33 > 0:28:35"and it's one hour a week.
0:28:35 > 0:28:39"I'm not asking for a full-time commitment."
0:28:39 > 0:28:40And he'd say...
0:28:40 > 0:28:42Why are you forcing Breck to do chores
0:28:42 > 0:28:44when it's really the triplets who make the mess?
0:28:44 > 0:28:46"He shouldn't have to do any of these chores."
0:28:46 > 0:28:48Then he always had a thing where he'd say...
0:28:48 > 0:28:51Breck's a good boy. Doesn't smoke, doesn't do drugs.
0:28:51 > 0:28:53"Why can't you just let him be?"
0:28:53 > 0:28:55Breck gets good grades.
0:28:55 > 0:28:58Why can't you let him be on the Wi-Fi when he wants?
0:28:58 > 0:29:01Listen, he's my son, I care about him,
0:29:01 > 0:29:05all of my rules, everything we do as a family is because I love him.
0:29:05 > 0:29:08And I wrote, "And that's that. End of story."
0:29:09 > 0:29:13And that was it, that was the absolute last time
0:29:13 > 0:29:15that we had any conversations together.
0:29:19 > 0:29:20- Dude, are you there?- Yes, bro.
0:29:20 > 0:29:25- Hello?- Yeah.- God, OK, so my mum has just gone absolutely mad.
0:29:25 > 0:29:28She's really panicking and she's called my dad in.
0:29:28 > 0:29:30Yeah, she gets off on making out
0:29:30 > 0:29:33like I'm some sort of creepy criminal, Breck.
0:29:33 > 0:29:35She's threatening to take away all my computer equipment
0:29:35 > 0:29:37and I actually think she'll do it this time
0:29:37 > 0:29:39because she's going absolutely mad.
0:29:39 > 0:29:42She's manipulating you, she's controlling you, Breck.
0:29:42 > 0:29:45It's abuse. She might be your mum, but she's a total failure.
0:29:47 > 0:29:50It is painfully obvious that Lewis Daynes was encouraging Breck
0:29:50 > 0:29:53to act out against his mother. I was horrified.
0:29:53 > 0:29:56And, you know, we spoke to Breck about it.
0:29:56 > 0:29:58He initially said, "He's a good guy, and has a great heart."
0:29:58 > 0:30:01And I'm kind of like, "Well, we challenge that,
0:30:01 > 0:30:02"you're 14, you really don't know."
0:30:02 > 0:30:04I'm not some stranger.
0:30:04 > 0:30:08OK, she's going to isolate you from you and your friends, including me.
0:30:08 > 0:30:09Is that what you want?
0:30:09 > 0:30:13I told Breck, "We don't know this guy, if he's good or bad,
0:30:13 > 0:30:15"he may be great, he may be not, we just don't know,
0:30:15 > 0:30:18"and it's our job to protect you, as parents."
0:30:18 > 0:30:21They just want to meet you, and I know it's a really massive ask,
0:30:21 > 0:30:23but is there any way you could just come and meet them
0:30:23 > 0:30:25so they'll stop going on at me like this?
0:30:25 > 0:30:29You know I can't do that, I've got too much work on at the moment,
0:30:29 > 0:30:30too many responsibilities.
0:30:30 > 0:30:33He would never do it. So that was when we really got concerned.
0:30:33 > 0:30:37I just had this image that he was a 40-year-old fat paedophile
0:30:37 > 0:30:40sitting behind a computer screen.
0:30:41 > 0:30:43So I called the police.
0:30:43 > 0:30:46I wanted to know if Daynes was known to the police.
0:30:49 > 0:30:52I passed over Daynes' full name.
0:30:52 > 0:30:54Breck had told me he was 18.
0:30:54 > 0:30:57Beck had told me he was from Essex originally.
0:30:58 > 0:31:00And I gave as much information as I could.
0:31:00 > 0:31:03I was just told that the system would be checked.
0:31:04 > 0:31:08In our wildest dreams, we thought maybe because of these war games
0:31:08 > 0:31:10and the fact he was talking about Syria,
0:31:10 > 0:31:14maybe he was radicalising these kids for terrorism, we didn't know.
0:31:16 > 0:31:20Desperate to persuade Breck to give up his friendship with Lewis,
0:31:20 > 0:31:22Lorin contacted other parents.
0:31:23 > 0:31:26She just doesn't understand any of this, she's panicking.
0:31:26 > 0:31:29She's going to call this meeting with another boy and his parents
0:31:29 > 0:31:32to discuss the situation. It's, like, totally ridiculous,
0:31:32 > 0:31:34I don't know what I'm going to do.
0:31:34 > 0:31:37Breck, your mum shouldn't be controlling what you do.
0:31:39 > 0:31:41Breck, you know what you need to do?
0:31:41 > 0:31:44You need to record that sodding meeting, get it on tape.
0:31:44 > 0:31:46What do you mean, record it?
0:31:46 > 0:31:49Record it. You're an intelligent lad, you'll figure it out.
0:31:58 > 0:32:01Yeah, I guess it would be kind of funny.
0:32:01 > 0:32:02At least then you can see
0:32:02 > 0:32:05exactly what she's been saying to me for this long.
0:32:05 > 0:32:07Exactly, Breck, we'll have a good laugh.
0:32:07 > 0:32:11I mean, maybe we could even send it to the police.
0:32:11 > 0:32:12That would sort her out.
0:32:14 > 0:32:17- Are you going to do that for me, Breck?- Yeah.
0:32:18 > 0:32:20- Yeah, I will.- Good lad.
0:32:25 > 0:32:29Breck's secret recording of the meeting was later found by police.
0:33:28 > 0:33:33Sensing his parents weren't going to back down, Breck gave in.
0:34:08 > 0:34:10To make sure Breck did what he'd promised,
0:34:10 > 0:34:13Lorin took away all his computer equipment.
0:34:14 > 0:34:17Breck was very upset
0:34:17 > 0:34:22and quite annoyed at Mum that she was being so mean.
0:34:25 > 0:34:27He thought she was just punishing him.
0:34:28 > 0:34:32He didn't realise that she was trying to save him.
0:34:36 > 0:34:38I listened out for his name.
0:34:38 > 0:34:44We listened for Lewis, we listened for a new name, maybe a new alias.
0:34:44 > 0:34:46I listened for his voice.
0:34:46 > 0:34:48And the sad thing is that it all went underground
0:34:48 > 0:34:50after I forbade him from speaking.
0:34:53 > 0:34:56Christmas 2013 was a great Christmas.
0:34:56 > 0:34:58I remember the kids came to my house as well
0:34:58 > 0:35:01and we had all sorts of presents.
0:35:01 > 0:35:03Breck got a new hoodie that he wanted.
0:35:03 > 0:35:06It was like we had Breck back
0:35:06 > 0:35:08because he wasn't on the computer all the time,
0:35:08 > 0:35:11and it was kind of good to see him there.
0:35:11 > 0:35:12I was very happy.
0:35:17 > 0:35:20But after nine months of intense psychological pressure,
0:35:20 > 0:35:23Lewis wasn't going to give him up easily.
0:35:23 > 0:35:25He secretly couriered him a phone.
0:35:27 > 0:35:31And believing their son was over his friendship with Lewis,
0:35:31 > 0:35:33Breck's parents gave him his computers back.
0:35:35 > 0:35:37This is, like, the last picture we have of him.
0:35:39 > 0:35:40It's a week before he died.
0:35:43 > 0:35:46That was right before he went to Spain.
0:36:01 > 0:36:05His Spanish trip, I think, he really enjoyed it.
0:36:05 > 0:36:09He met a girl that he liked.
0:36:09 > 0:36:13And to see Breck post a picture of him and a girl together,
0:36:13 > 0:36:15I was a bit... I thought...
0:36:15 > 0:36:18"Aww, that's nice.
0:36:18 > 0:36:22"That's...that's good for him, you know."
0:36:22 > 0:36:24To have that for the first time.
0:36:26 > 0:36:28I remember picking up Breck at the airport.
0:36:30 > 0:36:35He looked tall, he looked confident and he had a great time.
0:36:37 > 0:36:42After we got back, he asked if he could go to a friend's house.
0:36:42 > 0:36:46I was so happy that he wanted to go and physically hang out with
0:36:46 > 0:36:49one of his friends instead of being on the computer that I said OK.
0:36:49 > 0:36:52And he gave me the name and said it was Tom and I said,
0:36:52 > 0:36:56"Do you want me to take you?" He said, "No, I'll take care of it."
0:36:57 > 0:37:00He texted me after a couple of hours
0:37:00 > 0:37:03and said that he would like to spend the night. They had pizza.
0:37:03 > 0:37:06I'd be really proud of him, he was going to be working on
0:37:06 > 0:37:08some computer stuff and they were trying to make
0:37:08 > 0:37:10a faster operating system for something,
0:37:10 > 0:37:12which sounded, OK, great, that's fine.
0:37:14 > 0:37:15And I didn't think anything of it.
0:37:15 > 0:37:18I was happy that he was with one of his friends.
0:37:24 > 0:37:27The next morning, when Tom logged on to TeamSpeak,
0:37:27 > 0:37:31it became clear that something was very wrong.
0:37:32 > 0:37:37It was the first day of half-term and I was home alone.
0:37:38 > 0:37:40And I got up fairly early
0:37:40 > 0:37:43cos I couldn't sleep the night before, I didn't sleep so well.
0:37:44 > 0:37:47I went on the computer for a bit.
0:37:47 > 0:37:50And then Lewis came on.
0:37:53 > 0:37:57He said that, you know, there'd been an accident,
0:37:57 > 0:38:02that Breck had come around to Lewis's house
0:38:02 > 0:38:05sort of depressed and suicidal.
0:38:07 > 0:38:09Tried to hurt himself with a knife.
0:38:11 > 0:38:14RINGING TONE
0:38:15 > 0:38:17'Essex Police, emergency.'
0:38:18 > 0:38:20And that Breck was dead.
0:38:24 > 0:38:26'What's happened?'
0:38:26 > 0:38:32My friend came to stay the night with me yesterday seeming very down.
0:38:34 > 0:38:35Feeling suicidal.
0:38:35 > 0:38:37I was scared.
0:38:37 > 0:38:41I wasn't... At first I thought maybe it was a joke.
0:38:41 > 0:38:45I tried to calm him down. I hugged him,
0:38:45 > 0:38:46then said that...
0:38:48 > 0:38:49..I was there for him.
0:38:51 > 0:38:52'Right, OK.'
0:38:52 > 0:38:55I have a penknife adjacent to my bed,
0:38:55 > 0:38:58I have a chest of drawers.
0:38:58 > 0:39:01I've got aftershave and the TV and stuff on it.
0:39:01 > 0:39:04I had a penknife on there, folded, he picked it up...
0:39:04 > 0:39:08The news spread quickly amongst Breck's gaming friends.
0:39:08 > 0:39:13I kind of came on to TeamSpeak and was told that Breck had died.
0:39:13 > 0:39:17He picked it up, opened it and then lost control.
0:39:17 > 0:39:19'What, in order to harm himself?'
0:39:19 > 0:39:22No, in order to harm me. He opened it and then lost control.
0:39:22 > 0:39:25- 'OK, to harm...' - TYPING
0:39:25 > 0:39:29I was just sort of shocked and I just sort of sat there
0:39:29 > 0:39:33sort of at my computer, just sort of in silence really.
0:39:33 > 0:39:37- Can you not interrupt me with this part?- 'OK, go on.'
0:39:37 > 0:39:40- OK. This is being recorded anyway, isn't it?- 'Yeah.'
0:39:40 > 0:39:46I grabbed the knife and I stabbed him once in the back of the neck,
0:39:46 > 0:39:48I believe somewhere near the brainstem.
0:39:48 > 0:39:51He turned around, tried to...
0:39:52 > 0:39:54That was when it was like, holy shit!
0:39:54 > 0:39:56Like, this has actually happened.
0:39:57 > 0:40:00Breck must have died feeling incredibly alone.
0:40:00 > 0:40:07He was on his own with this guy who promised him everything,
0:40:07 > 0:40:12ended up living in a pretty rough area of Essex,
0:40:12 > 0:40:14in, like, a small flat.
0:40:16 > 0:40:20I don't remember exactly what happened,
0:40:20 > 0:40:24but the fight ended with cutting his throat.
0:40:24 > 0:40:27I believe I turned around and I slashed his throat.
0:40:29 > 0:40:34Why... Why would...? I don't understand why he would do that.
0:40:34 > 0:40:39To build up the trust and friendship and then to murder him.
0:40:41 > 0:40:44I was just so shocked, I just couldn't believe it.
0:40:44 > 0:40:45I couldn't believe it.
0:40:45 > 0:40:48'You're telling me he is definitely dead.'
0:40:48 > 0:40:51Yes, I'm telling you he is definitely dead.
0:40:51 > 0:40:54'Can you just bear with me a second? Don't tell me any more.'
0:40:54 > 0:40:58At first you just thought maybe it was just an accident,
0:40:58 > 0:41:01maybe they'd had an argument or Lewis had said
0:41:01 > 0:41:04Breck had tried to commit suicide and he tried to stop him.
0:41:04 > 0:41:07Although it did sound ridiculous.
0:41:07 > 0:41:10How can you accidentally stab someone in the neck?
0:41:10 > 0:41:13- 'Right, you've left the weapon in the hallway.- Yeah.
0:41:13 > 0:41:17- 'And have spent how long sitting in the shower?- I don't know.
0:41:17 > 0:41:20'Look, are the police on their way? I can hear sirens.
0:41:20 > 0:41:22- 'They are, they are. - I'm gonna go and do my part.
0:41:22 > 0:41:25- 'Thank you for your help. - Right, just listen...'
0:41:25 > 0:41:29The calm tone of the 999 call suggested to Essex Police
0:41:29 > 0:41:32that Lewis Daynes was no ordinary killer.
0:41:32 > 0:41:35What we have is a 14-year-old boy being groomed
0:41:35 > 0:41:39to go and see an 18-year-old man, and that 18-year-old man
0:41:39 > 0:41:44has lied quite significantly to him about the reason for that meeting.
0:41:45 > 0:41:48That's what I needed to focus my investigation on.
0:41:53 > 0:41:58Walking into the flat was very...startling.
0:41:58 > 0:42:02The hallway had a knife lying on the floor.
0:42:04 > 0:42:07In the lounge, there was a bag of clothing cut up.
0:42:09 > 0:42:12Duct tape in the bins.
0:42:12 > 0:42:15It looked as though it had been used to bind somebody
0:42:15 > 0:42:19and it looked like it would be maybe hands or feet, something like that.
0:42:19 > 0:42:23In the lounge, there was a tower unit, there was
0:42:23 > 0:42:26an external hard drive on the table.
0:42:26 > 0:42:30In the bathroom there was a sink filled with water,
0:42:30 > 0:42:33and there were a number of devices and hard drives
0:42:33 > 0:42:35and some phones that were covered in water.
0:42:37 > 0:42:40In the bedroom, there was one laptop on the bed
0:42:40 > 0:42:42that was covered in blood.
0:42:42 > 0:42:46Breck had a significant injury to his neck,
0:42:46 > 0:42:49and at the end of the postmortem,
0:42:49 > 0:42:54the declaration of Breck's death was an incision to his...
0:42:54 > 0:42:57to the right side of his neck.
0:43:03 > 0:43:04I have nightmares
0:43:04 > 0:43:09and I just keep playing it over and over in my mind when I go to bed.
0:43:09 > 0:43:14What happened? What happened? You know, was he suffering long?
0:43:14 > 0:43:17Was he, you know, was he screaming? Was he crying?
0:43:19 > 0:43:24It kills me to think at what point things turned for Breck,
0:43:24 > 0:43:29and he realised, "Whoa, I really messed up and I'm in trouble here."
0:43:36 > 0:43:39Lewis maintained his story of self-defence.
0:43:39 > 0:43:42But evidence was pointing to the contrary.
0:43:44 > 0:43:50We identified that Lewis Daynes had purchased duct tape and condoms.
0:43:50 > 0:43:52He'd planned this.
0:43:52 > 0:43:55It's definitely a good three weeks beforehand
0:43:55 > 0:43:59that he's putting things into place to meet Breck.
0:44:00 > 0:44:02Despite Lewis Daynes' attempt
0:44:02 > 0:44:05to destroy all the computer evidence in water,
0:44:05 > 0:44:07he'd left one vital clue -
0:44:07 > 0:44:09Breck's iPad,
0:44:09 > 0:44:12which police found at the bottom of his backpack.
0:44:13 > 0:44:18On it, proof that Lewis had continued to pursue Breck.
0:44:18 > 0:44:21"I feel completely worthless in respect of us being friends.
0:44:21 > 0:44:23"I've done nothing wrong.
0:44:23 > 0:44:25"I've been a good friend to you for almost a year now..."
0:44:25 > 0:44:29Police retrieved a barrage of e-mails from Lewis to Breck
0:44:29 > 0:44:31dating back to Christmas.
0:44:33 > 0:44:36"What if she takes your PC away, what happens then?
0:44:36 > 0:44:38"And you responded with, 'I won't let that happen.'"
0:44:39 > 0:44:41"Well, Breck, it's happened.
0:44:41 > 0:44:45"Your mother has completely isolated you from your friends."
0:44:45 > 0:44:48Lewis Daynes was constantly contacting Breck,
0:44:48 > 0:44:54making sure that Breck's focus of attention was on Lewis Daynes.
0:44:54 > 0:44:57"I'm being treated like some kind of criminal..."
0:44:57 > 0:45:00And he would be quite demanding in the e-mails to Breck -
0:45:00 > 0:45:03"Why aren't you contacting me, what are you doing?
0:45:03 > 0:45:04"You seem to have forgotten about me."
0:45:05 > 0:45:07Breck?
0:45:07 > 0:45:08Breck?
0:45:10 > 0:45:12It was scary.
0:45:12 > 0:45:15To think that a young man of that age would be
0:45:15 > 0:45:17controlling in that way.
0:45:17 > 0:45:21Daynes has clearly groomed him to not speak to anyone else about this.
0:45:21 > 0:45:24He has just not shared it with anybody.
0:45:24 > 0:45:28We do know that Breck got a taxi in the morning,
0:45:28 > 0:45:34that that taxi had been pre-booked by Breck after conversation
0:45:34 > 0:45:37with Lewis Daynes two weeks before the date.
0:45:37 > 0:45:40He's saying, "If your father asks you where you are going on Sunday,
0:45:40 > 0:45:43"say you are going to meet a friend who's 14.
0:45:43 > 0:45:45"And then just say, 'I've spent too many half-terms
0:45:45 > 0:45:47"'and holidays indoors.
0:45:47 > 0:45:49"'I'm going to spend this one outside with friends.'"
0:45:53 > 0:45:57Every day I challenge myself,
0:45:57 > 0:46:00what could I have done to protect Breck better?
0:46:00 > 0:46:02'..noxious gases...'
0:46:02 > 0:46:05I have been told by the police and by everybody else,
0:46:05 > 0:46:07"You did everything you could
0:46:07 > 0:46:10"and Lewis Daynes was just an evil person."
0:46:10 > 0:46:13Let's check if he's alive...
0:46:13 > 0:46:15But still, deep down, I don't believe that.
0:46:15 > 0:46:19It's my responsibility. I had him and I was responsible for him.
0:46:19 > 0:46:21I let him go to his death.
0:46:22 > 0:46:24That will haunt us for ever.
0:46:27 > 0:46:30I'd like to thank you all for coming. OK.
0:46:30 > 0:46:33As Breck's parents, I think it is only right that you should know
0:46:33 > 0:46:37what we have actually identified throughout the investigation.
0:46:37 > 0:46:39I'm just going to explain to you...
0:46:39 > 0:46:42Detectives discovered that Lewis Daynes had been abandoned
0:46:42 > 0:46:47by his parents as a child and had grown up in and out of foster care.
0:46:50 > 0:46:52Living alone from the age of 16,
0:46:52 > 0:46:56he had developed unhealthy online interests.
0:46:59 > 0:47:02- DETECTIVE:- Lewis was, by his very nature, obsessive.
0:47:05 > 0:47:07He was obsessed with Syria.
0:47:07 > 0:47:09CHANTING
0:47:09 > 0:47:14There is a link that was sent to the young people
0:47:14 > 0:47:16about a Syrian beheading.
0:47:16 > 0:47:19And it is one of the worst that I have ever seen.
0:47:19 > 0:47:26And there are links in reference to sexual past, to sexual behaviour.
0:47:26 > 0:47:31Within the last six months, between September and February,
0:47:31 > 0:47:34Lewis Daynes was aiming to meet at least one
0:47:34 > 0:47:37of the people within the community,
0:47:37 > 0:47:41and Breck just happened to be the first person he met.
0:47:41 > 0:47:43CHANTING
0:47:45 > 0:47:49Police discovered Lewis Daynes had bought server space in Germany
0:47:49 > 0:47:54and had access to an online community of over 400 gamers.
0:47:56 > 0:48:00He practically created this sort of...
0:48:00 > 0:48:02I guess you could call it an empire,
0:48:02 > 0:48:05where he could just drag in anybody he wanted.
0:48:05 > 0:48:08He has got servers for games like Minecraft,
0:48:08 > 0:48:12which means young kids are going to want to come on his server.
0:48:12 > 0:48:13He can get any teenage guy he wants,
0:48:13 > 0:48:17because he has servers for games like Team Fortress 2.
0:48:17 > 0:48:20And he had such endurance that he would talk to them for...
0:48:20 > 0:48:23two, three years. Until he made his move.
0:48:28 > 0:48:30He doesn't look like a murderer.
0:48:30 > 0:48:32Just looking on the Essex Police page,
0:48:32 > 0:48:37and somebody has commented on the post that, "Oh, my God, I went to
0:48:37 > 0:48:40"school with him, he was always the kid that was bullied.
0:48:40 > 0:48:42"Guess he just snapped."
0:48:42 > 0:48:45I just feel like this whole situation could have been averted
0:48:45 > 0:48:47if we didn't know Lewis.
0:48:47 > 0:48:49And if we didn't meet him at all.
0:48:49 > 0:48:53None of this would have happened and Breck would have been alive.
0:48:57 > 0:48:58OK, Tom, this is about...
0:48:58 > 0:49:02After a ten-month investigation, police finally had the answer
0:49:02 > 0:49:05to why 14-year-old Breck had secretly gone to Lewis' flat.
0:49:05 > 0:49:09- Breck, Breck, get in my chat, I want to speak.- What?
0:49:09 > 0:49:11It was Lewis's greatest deception
0:49:11 > 0:49:15and one that would cost Breck his life.
0:49:15 > 0:49:19- Yo, what's up?- I'm running out of time, Breck.- What you talking about?
0:49:22 > 0:49:25Look, Breck, I didn't want to let on, but I'm...
0:49:25 > 0:49:26I'm ill.
0:49:29 > 0:49:30- You're ill?- Yeah.
0:49:31 > 0:49:35- What, like, flu or something? - Don't joke, Breck.
0:49:35 > 0:49:36I'm serious.
0:49:39 > 0:49:42I'm unable to keep control of the company. It's just too much for me.
0:49:42 > 0:49:45I've tried, but it's taking too much toll on my health.
0:49:45 > 0:49:48I've decided I want to hand it over to you.
0:49:54 > 0:49:55What?
0:49:55 > 0:49:59- You joking?- No. And this is why I need you to step up.
0:49:59 > 0:50:01- Because I need you to take over. - What...
0:50:01 > 0:50:05- Mate, what are you talking about? - The company, Breck, I'm serious.
0:50:05 > 0:50:07I wouldn't lie to you, Breck.
0:50:07 > 0:50:11I need you to take control of the company.
0:50:17 > 0:50:21Grab it with both hands. You need to step up, Breck. For me.
0:50:21 > 0:50:23You're not going to let me down, are you?
0:50:25 > 0:50:29- When you're back from holiday... - Yeah?- ..come over to my place...
0:50:29 > 0:50:32- Yeah.- We'll talk through the details.
0:50:32 > 0:50:34I'll hand over the company to you.
0:50:34 > 0:50:35You'll do that for me, won't you?
0:50:37 > 0:50:38Er...
0:50:39 > 0:50:43- And...and you'll be there with me? - Of course.
0:50:43 > 0:50:46I need you to bring your tablets, your phone, your drives, everything.
0:50:46 > 0:50:48Absolutely everything.
0:50:48 > 0:50:50And then I will take you through the business, every step.
0:50:50 > 0:50:52And I will be with you, every step of the way
0:50:52 > 0:50:54until you get the hang of what you need to do.
0:50:54 > 0:50:59And from there on in, I will explain my health situation.
0:50:59 > 0:51:00OK.
0:51:01 > 0:51:02Er...
0:51:04 > 0:51:06- All right, then.- Can't wait.
0:51:08 > 0:51:10Can't wait to meet you, too.
0:51:15 > 0:51:17Yes!
0:51:24 > 0:51:30On the morning of the trial, I was due to go as a witness into court.
0:51:30 > 0:51:34Um...then, just before we were about to leave,
0:51:34 > 0:51:37we got a phone call saying, "He has pleaded guilty."
0:51:37 > 0:51:41Which was hard to hear, because still some part of me
0:51:41 > 0:51:44wanted it to be, you know, "This was an accident,
0:51:44 > 0:51:47"just a tragic accident, it's not a murder."
0:51:49 > 0:51:53Lewis Daynes was convicted of murder with sexual and sadistic intent
0:51:53 > 0:51:55and was sentenced to life imprisonment.
0:51:58 > 0:52:00The biggest trend at the moment,
0:52:00 > 0:52:04the biggest thing that we are hearing about is grooming online.
0:52:04 > 0:52:07And this is so hard to try and police
0:52:07 > 0:52:11because you don't physically know who that person is.
0:52:11 > 0:52:13You have just got to notice the signals.
0:52:13 > 0:52:17There were clear signals that Lewis was letting out that were dangerous.
0:52:17 > 0:52:21And you just need to make sure that you're picking up on them.
0:52:21 > 0:52:24Because that is what is going to keep you safe.
0:52:24 > 0:52:28I think there's so much more we all need to learn about grooming.
0:52:28 > 0:52:32I think we just need to keep reminding teens
0:52:32 > 0:52:38and younger children not to trust people that we don't know online.
0:52:38 > 0:52:39..and like to welcome Lorin today.
0:52:39 > 0:52:41We'll be talking about internet safety,
0:52:41 > 0:52:46a topic which we have been covering and is highly debated in schools.
0:52:46 > 0:52:49You know, Breck felt like the friend that he met online
0:52:49 > 0:52:51was a true friend.
0:52:51 > 0:52:54And because he met them through other people that he knew,
0:52:54 > 0:52:56friends of friends, it felt safe.
0:52:56 > 0:53:02And unfortunately, people are not always who they say they are online.
0:53:02 > 0:53:06'When I made that phone call to the police,
0:53:06 > 0:53:08'I wanted to know if Daynes was known to the police.'
0:53:10 > 0:53:13Well, Daynes was known to the police.
0:53:13 > 0:53:16For prior sexual activity.
0:53:16 > 0:53:19Allegations against a 15-year-old boy.
0:53:21 > 0:53:23In the system, this was in the system.
0:53:24 > 0:53:30In my pretend dreams, the police would come to the door,
0:53:30 > 0:53:33speak to Breck and say, "Actually, your mum was right."
0:53:36 > 0:53:38And Breck would have finally believed me.
0:53:39 > 0:53:43And in my mind, that is what should have happened in my life.
0:53:43 > 0:53:44And my son would be here.
0:53:46 > 0:53:51I would still be a productive human being instead of what I am now,
0:53:51 > 0:53:55which is a shell of a person.
0:53:57 > 0:54:04- SOBBING:- I'm only alive for the triplets, and I'm not alive for me.
0:54:10 > 0:54:13- I found this one in an old folder. - What is it?
0:54:13 > 0:54:19And it's the acceptance letter from when Breck went to Caterham School.
0:54:19 > 0:54:22Breck's 13-year-old siblings have to learn to live with
0:54:22 > 0:54:24the hole left in their lives.
0:54:26 > 0:54:29- Do you want to do some more trimming?- Yeah.
0:54:31 > 0:54:34Every day is different, because Breck is not here.
0:54:34 > 0:54:37- When we were camping, is that it? - He's not in his bedroom.
0:54:39 > 0:54:40He's not on his computer.
0:54:42 > 0:54:47Sometimes, I still lay one too many places at the dinner table.
0:54:50 > 0:54:52And that really makes me sad.
0:54:55 > 0:54:57It's hard at school.
0:54:57 > 0:55:01I kind of don't like it that everyone knows about it,
0:55:01 > 0:55:04that I'm the sister of the boy who was murdered.
0:55:07 > 0:55:10It's just such an ugly word, "murdered".
0:55:16 > 0:55:22Sometimes I just want to go and sit by Breck's tree at school and cry
0:55:22 > 0:55:24instead of having to go to lessons.
0:55:30 > 0:55:33Today would have been Breck's 16th birthday.
0:55:33 > 0:55:34..stuff them in the car.
0:55:34 > 0:55:39In his memory, Lorin has decided to continue visiting schools
0:55:39 > 0:55:40to educate teenagers.
0:55:41 > 0:55:44I want something good to come out of Breck's murder.
0:55:47 > 0:55:49It's a known fact that there are people out there,
0:55:49 > 0:55:53paedophiles grooming teenagers, more than we know.
0:55:56 > 0:55:58But groomers are chameleons
0:55:58 > 0:56:01and they will be whoever they think they need to be
0:56:01 > 0:56:05to convince that child to do something they wouldn't normally do.
0:56:06 > 0:56:09Happy birthday, Breck. You're 16 today.
0:56:09 > 0:56:12This comes with love to wish you a wonderful day
0:56:12 > 0:56:14because you're such a special son.
0:56:14 > 0:56:22# This the last day of our acquaintance... #
0:56:22 > 0:56:23Love you.
0:56:25 > 0:56:27Hi, Breck.
0:56:33 > 0:56:38# This is the last day of our acquaintance... #
0:56:38 > 0:56:43OK, guys, do you want to let the balloons off? Do you miss Brecky?
0:56:47 > 0:56:49All right, on the count of three...
0:56:49 > 0:56:51One, two, three...
0:56:51 > 0:56:53- ALL:- Happy birthday, Breck!
0:56:56 > 0:57:00You know what, I feel it's my job to get the word out
0:57:00 > 0:57:03if the work that I do can save another life.
0:57:08 > 0:57:10OK, Breck, we celebrate your birthday,
0:57:10 > 0:57:11whether you are here or not.
0:57:11 > 0:57:13We miss you, Breck. We love you.
0:57:13 > 0:57:16One, two, three...
0:57:22 > 0:57:29# This is the last day of our acquaintance
0:57:29 > 0:57:32# Oh-ho-ho
0:57:34 > 0:57:40# I will meet you later in somebody's office... #