Daily Mail
February 15, 2014
Children as young as six are re-enacting brutal and sexually explicit scenes from Grand Theft Auto, a headmaster has warned.
They are playing games involving ‘simulating rape and sexual intercourse’ and having playground chats about drugs and prostitution.
Primary school youngsters are also using the ‘strongest of sexual swear words’ and discussing sex acts as a result of exposure to the controversial 18-rated computer game.
Morian Morgan, head of Coed-y-Brain Primary in the village of Llanbradach, South Wales, said some pupils even injure themselves after copying aggressive scenes.
In the latest Grand Theft Auto game, players must choose various torture methods to use on a victim, such as pulling out teeth with pliers, electrocution, beating with a heavy wrench or water-boarding.
Mr Morgan, 57, has fired off a warning letter to parents about pupils’ ‘extremely concerning behaviour’, which he blames on their ‘first-hand experience of video games totally inappropriate to their age’.
He said: ‘One game in particular causes me concern more than any other and this is Grand Theft Auto.’
Mr Morgan provided a detailed description of it – highlighting violent sex scenes and drug use. He urged parents to ensure their child has ‘no contact with this or any other age-inappropriate games’.
The father of two added that if pupils continue to be exposed to them, he may have to ‘instigate child protection procedures’.
Horrified teachers had asked children what games they were playing at break and lunch time. The pupils, aged six to 11, told them they had been watching Grand Theft Auto V – the newest release, in which three criminals plot their chances of ‘survival and success’ in a fictional American city called Los Santos.
In a particularly harrowing scene, players must select a torture instrument to use on a man believed to be harbouring terrorist secrets.
The game also features an explicit sex scene involving a ‘psycho slut’ in a back garden, spied on by a third character who takes photographs.
Grand Theft Auto V is believed to be one of the best-selling games of all time, with more than 32.5million copies distributed worldwide.
Mr Morgan, who has been headmaster for 12 years, told a local paper: ‘It became more concerning because this newest version seems to be even more shocking than the previous games.’
He said some parents had destroyed their copies of Grand Theft Auto after receiving his letter.