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| Breck Bednar stabbing: Lewis Daynes admits schoolboy's murder | Breck Bednar stabbing: Lewis Daynes admits schoolboy's murder |
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| A computer engineer has admitted stabbing to death a 14-year-old boy after meeting him online. | A computer engineer has admitted stabbing to death a 14-year-old boy after meeting him online. |
| Breck Bednar, of Caterham, Surrey, was found with a neck wound at a flat in Grays, Essex, in February. | Breck Bednar, of Caterham, Surrey, was found with a neck wound at a flat in Grays, Essex, in February. |
| Lewis Daynes, 19, of Rosebery Road, Grays, was due to stand trial on a charge of murder at Chelmsford Crown Court but admitted the offence. | Lewis Daynes, 19, of Rosebery Road, Grays, was due to stand trial on a charge of murder at Chelmsford Crown Court but admitted the offence. |
| It is believed Daynes met Breck, a student at St Bede's School in Redhill, while playing videos games online. | |
| After his death police became aware of a Facebook post that the schoolboy had met someone "he thought wanted to be his friend". | |
| The post, claiming to be from a relative of the victim, said he had turned to the internet after struggling to make friends. | The post, claiming to be from a relative of the victim, said he had turned to the internet after struggling to make friends. |
| It added that on the night of his death, Breck told his father he was going to his friend's house for a sleepover a couple of streets away, saying it "wasn't a huge concern for his parents". | |
| BBC reporter Katharine Carpenter said before the jury came in, Daynes' defence team asked for the murder charge to be put to him again. | |
| She said the guilty plea took Breck's parents, Barry Bednar and Lorin LaFave, by surprise. | |
| In a statement released by the family, Breck was described as "kind, intelligent" and "extremely gifted". | |
| Daynes is due to be sentenced on 12 January. |