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[Voost Kain]

Important Edit: Apologies, the sources that contradicted the IBT and made it seem like they and the independent lied to frame video games in a bad light was incorrect. The other two sources had received info on a similar case that had happened around the same time (goodness) and had though that it was the same story IBT was telling, so the below article from the IBT is indeed mostly accurate, though there are still some infomation they did not completely give us truthfully along with some inconsistencies, but the base of the article did happen in court. So no, the other two sources did not contradict the IBT.

(mostly) correctly reported source and court info From International Business Times and Independent UK:

12-year-old boy in England raped his younger sister because he wanted to re-enact scenes from the video game “Grand Theft Auto” (GTA).
The boy from Swindon, England, attacked his six-year-old sister on several occasions at their house when the adults were asleep or in a different room. One of the attacks even took place on Christmas Day, when the boy raped his sister in the living room and a bedroom while adults were in a different part of the house.
In one instance, the boy watched some footage of a sexual act in the game and wanted to recreate the scene with his sister while another younger sibling was present in the room. The game is sold exclusively to people over the age of 18 due the disturbing nature of violence it involves.

Prosecutor Russell Pyne said the incident came to light after the girl confided to her friend that her brother made her do something he called "special bundles" and "snuggles". “Her friend told a teacher, who said that the girl had seemed withdrawn and quiet up until then but became a lot happier after telling her about it,” Pyne said.

When the boy was interrogated by police, he initially denied it but soon admitted that he committed the crime. He watched the sex acts and wanted to see what it was like for himself, Pyne told the court.
The boy was charged with three counts of rape and one count of inciting the girl to engage in sexual activity. His mother was present in the court when the details of the charges were read to him. He pleaded guilty to all the charges against him.

A judge from the Swindon youth court gave him a 12-month referral order. The boy will be required to go to an out-of-town therapeutic facility and on completion of the 12-month period, the charges he pleaded guilty to will be considered “spent.” While the charges will stay on his record, he won’t be required to disclose them to any of his future employers. He was also added to the sex offenders' register for two and a half years.
During the hearing, the boy sat impassively but was smiling when the judge spoke to him about football. He said “I would stop myself, I have learned that it’s wrong,” after the judge asked him what he would do if he got a chance to engage in criminal activities again. There was no contact between the boy and his siblings since he was sent to the facility, even though they expressed their wishes to see him.

“We just want to make things right and do what’s best for the safety of the children. He’s doing really well and I want to make sure we can all be a family again at some point. My daughter used to be very sad this was her fault, but she’s come on leaps and bounds, she’s a very strong girl and there’s not an ounce of sadness in her now, I’m so proud of her,” the boy’s mother said.

 

[DreamsiclesPlz]

This seems like bullshit. But at the end of the day, GTAV is rated M. 6-year olds shouldn't be playing it.

 

[MiyazakiHatesKojima]

Wtf is this shit?

 

[Spukc]

I swear to god they use trigger words and some AI algorithm to make this shit up.
No sane human can think this up.

 

[ThatStupidLion]

whether 100% true, 100% false, or somewhere in the middle this might be the most revolting thread i've seen on gaf.

i feel like im reading a goddamn 4chan tabloid.

this is garbage sensationalist news that doesnt belong here imo.

 

[JareBear: Remastered]

whether 100% true, 100% false, or somewhere in the middle this might be the most revolting thread i've seen on gaf.

i feel like im reading a goddamn 4chan tabloid.

this is garbage sensationalist news that doesnt belong here imo.

I did a double take when the thread title popped up.

 

[AV]

Did we need this thread? Does it belong in gaming? As a rule of thumb, If you have to resort to using The Sun as a source, there's no point talking about it. It's just nonsense.

Could this be the first time that multiple news sources collaborated to make up a complete lie to put a negative light on Video games???

No. Did you really need to ask that question?

 

[Geki-D]

I don't even remember there being outright sex scenes in any GTA game bar the cut hot coffee stuff. I remember one in RDR but not in GTA.

 

[DeepEnigma]

I swear to god they use trigger words and some AI algorithm to make this shit up.
No sane human can think this up.

Watch this:


With some news articles out there, I swear they are running that program.

 

[Golgo 13]

whether 100% true, 100% false, or somewhere in the middle this might be the most revolting thread i've seen on gaf.

i feel like im reading a goddamn 4chan tabloid.

this is garbage sensationalist news that doesnt belong here imo.

Agreed. I sincerely hope the mods have the common sense to remove this.

 

[Stitch]

I don't even remember there being outright sex scenes in any GTA game bar the cut hot coffee stuff. I remember one in RDR but not in GTA.

I actually had to search because I also couldn't remember any sex scenes. But it does have some. One where Trevor bangs a chick (and probably more because Trevor is always banging someone) and that one mission for the paparazzi guy where you have to take pictures of some people having sex in their garden.

 

[StormCell]

The only connection this has to video games is that a 12-year-old did something really awful and claimed a video game made him curious and influenced him to do it.

The only news here stops with a 12-year-old doing something awful.

 

[A.Romero]

I don't think it should be removed. It's a shame and I bet it has happened many times before but parents have caught up before it gets outside of the family.

I can't even remember sex scenes in GTAV. Closest I remember are the scenes between Michael's wife and the Yoga teacher but it was dry humping if anything.

 

[Night.Ninja]

It’s gaming related

 

[Shin]

Shitty parenting to be blamed at the end of the day but fingers pointed towards a video game when it happen on several occasion.
A 6 year old is involved or might be involved (leaving the news up in the air), a 12 year old is not a parent and far removed from able to take up such responsibilities.
One could also say that the 12 year old has psychological problems but the parents failed to take notice and is the cause why he acted like he did as it happen multiple times.

 

[JareBear: Remastered]

It’s gaming related

I mean...kind of?

I guess in a similar sense that the Fortnite Streamer Hits His Wife thread was "gaming related."

 

[Yoda]

I don't think it should be removed. It's a shame and I bet it has happened many times before but parents have caught up before it gets outside of the family.

I can't even remember sex scenes in GTAV. Closest I remember are the scenes between Michael's wife and the Yoga teacher but it was dry humping if anything.

Probably the scene with Trevor and the old lady (name is escaping me atm).

 

[Night.Ninja]

I mean...kind of?

I guess in a similar sense that the Fortnite Streamer Hits His Wife thread was "gaming related."

In that case he was streaming fortnite on twitch so it is gaming related

And in the first incident the boy said he saw it in gta, if he said he saw it in a film it would be in off topic

 

[#Phonepunk#]

thankfully there are no other places on the internet where you can look up scenes of people having sex. nope. it's solely in GTAV.

 

[Voost Kain]

The only connection this has to video games is that a 12-year-old did something really awful and claimed a video game made him curious and influenced him to do it.

The only news here stops with a 12-year-old doing something awful.

Actually who put GTA V in the story is still up in the air.

 

[Rodolink]

I think this thread belongs to off-topic or better yet. No thread at all

 

[Mod of War: Remastered]

Yeah, we are not going to do this with sensational and dubious source material.