The parents of a 14-year-old British boy murdered by a teenager he met on the internet are suing two police forces for failing to prevent his death.
Computer engineer Lewis Daynes, 19, yesterday admitted stabbing Breck Bednar to death, changing his plea on the day he was due to stand trial at Chelmsford Crown Court.
Despite his family reporting their concerns to Surrey police in December that he was being groomed online, they claim their fears were not acted on. He was killed two months later, on his mother's birthday, after travelling to Daynes' flat in Grays, Essex.
His mother, Lorin LaFave, said she was "heartbroken and lost" and warned yesterday of the "very real danger" posed by "online predators".