THE mother of a boy who was murdered has helped police create a presentation to teach youngsters about online safety. 

Breck’s Story, made by the Metropolitan Police, tells the story of Breck Bednar, who was 14 years old when he was killed by 18-year-old Lewis Daynes, from Grays, who he met through online gaming.

Following Breck’s death in February 2014, his mother Lorin LaFave set up the Breck Foundation to make young people aware of the dangers of playing online.

She said: “Breck was just an everyday schoolboy and if it can happen to him, it can happen to anyone. When you’re having fun online the last thing you expect is that someone pretending to be your friend wants to do you harm.

“The presentation shows how much Breck looked up to their predator; how much they were impressed by what he told them and how much they believed they were in a real friendship.”

The schoolboy was killed by computer engineer Daynes after he was lured to his flat in Rosebery Road.

Breck, from Caterham, Surrey, was found with a neck wound. Daynes had groomed him through an online gaming forum that he ran.

Breck became withdrawn after he became controlled by Daynes and two months before the killing, Lorin banned her son from using the computer and called police to voice her concerns about a suspected online predator.

Two Safer Schools officers from Tower Hamlets Borough watched a documentary on the murder and felt that children would benefit from Lorin giving a talk.

The result is Breck’s Story and 32 police cadet co-ordinators will attend New Scotland Yard to receive training to enable them to go out into schools across London and present to young people. 

Det Sup John MacDonald, from the Met’s Sexual Offences Exploitation and Child Abuse Command, said: “This is an important piece of work because helping young people to understand the risks involved in meeting people online is something we have struggled with. 

“Ensuring they are aware of the risk is vital because we see online offending as one of our main challenges, and we haven’t yet reached a position where we are working effectively enough to target the offenders.”