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The Sun: "Sex beast copied Grand Theft Auto"

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Rockstar's going to love this. The Sun's reporting that "a teen sex beast attacked four women in an imitation of violent computer game Grand Theft Auto, a court heard yesterday.

"Ryan Chinnery, 19, prowled streets in his car targeting females he thought were prostitutes after becoming obsessed with the video nasty."

Prosecutor Eleanor Laws said Chinnery’s "love of Grand Theft Auto 'may go some way to explaining his attitude towards women'. She said: 'Prostitutes in it can be subjected to violence.

"There may be some connection with the defendant admitting spending a lot of time playing that game.'"

Full thing through there. We thought the term "video nasty" had been left in the 80s. Where it belongs.

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Patrick Garratt is a games media legend - and not just by reputation. He was named as such in the UK's 'Games Media Awards', the equivalent of a lifetime achievement award. After garnering experience on countless gaming magazines, he joined Eurogamer and later split from that brand to create VG247, putting the site on the map with fast, 24-hour a day coverage, and assembling the site's earliest editorial teams. He retired from VG247, and the games industry, in 2017.
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