Police close violent stunt website run by teenager

Jul 31 2007 by Caroline Innes, Liverpool Daily Post

THE teenager at the centre of the former Live Now Die Later website last night spoke of his aspirations to become a genuine film maker and said he was not to blame for copy-cat videos.

Speaking from his father’s Rock Ferry home, Michael Davies said if people did not approve of the videos he had posted then they simply should not watch them.

He said children were constantly exposed to more violent images and shocking footage on the television and refused to take any responsibility for children getting involved in filming stunts and pranks for websites.

He revealed that the five clips which Lancashire Police had requested be removed from YouTube were still on the site, but said he would remove them as soon as possible.

He said: “If people don’t like what we do, then they don’t need to watch it.

“This is just me and my friends having a laugh and doing what we find funny. We are just messing about. People get slapped and fight every day and if people want to copy what we are doing then they are the ones who are stupid.”

He added: “I have got a lot of people saying that I should put my skills to good use and I have chosen to listen to them. I am going to college in September to do a media production course and am aiming for a career in the film industry.

“It is a three-year course and I plan to keep my nose clean and hope to eventually go off to university to study film-making there.”

carolineinnes