Entertainment - Thursday, August 7, 2008 15:28 - 1 Comment

Thailand Stores Pull GTA Games After Copycat Murder

A Thai student murdered a taxi driver while trying to recreate a scene from the Grand Theft Auto computer game.

Polwat Chino, 18, who was said to be an obsessive player of the controversial game, stabbed the 54-year-old driver ten times.

‘He said he wanted to find out if it was as easy in real life to rob a taxi as it was in the game,’ chief police investigator Veeravit Pipattanasak said.

Grand Theft Auto, which is made by Edinburgh-based firm Rockstar North, has been criticised for depicting carjackings, drive-by shootings and prostitution. It has also been accused of encouraging juvenile crime in Britain.

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