Lewis Daynes (pictured), 19, phoned 999 after killing Breck Bednar, telling police to send a forensics team to his flat in Grays, Essex

A murderous teenager made a chilling 999 call to emergency services after slitting the throat of a 14-year-old he had groomed online, telling operators: 'Send police and forensics'.

Lewis Daynes, described as a 'dangerous and manipulative' criminal, was jailed for life today for the murder of Breck Bednar last February.

The 19-year-old from Grays, Essex, had invited the youngster to his home before binding his limbs with duct tape and killing him.

Today, following a trial at Chelmsford Crown Court, it emerged the teenager made a disturbingly calm phone call to police after the attack.

'I need you to send police and a forensic team to my address,' he said, claiming he and Breck had got into a fight and 'only one of us came out alive'.

Asked if he was confessing to killing someone, replied: 'Yes, I am.'

Then, giving his name, age, address, he told the operator Breck had lunged at him with a pen-knife.

'I don't remember exactly what happened but the fight ended with me cutting his throat,' he said.

In an apparent state of calm, he signs off: 'Thank you for your help'.

Some time later Essex Police arrived at his flat to find Breck, a 'calm and gentle' teenager from Surrey, dead.

Daynes, described as a ‘weird computer boy’ who had spent time in foster care after his parents divorced, had cut up the clothes he was wearing and attempted to destroy computer equipment in a bid to erase record of their online chats.

Before phoning 999, he shared photographs of the teenager's body with friends via email. Previously, he is understood to have sent footage of a beheading to someone else, though police do not know who the person in the video is.

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'Following the infliction of the fatal injury to Breck Bednar, Lewis Daynes disseminated images of his body to at least two people as well as making contact with a member of his online community to tell them that he was dead,' said Prosecutor Richard Whitham QC.

'He showered then changed his clothes before calling the police.'

The two teenagers had been speaking for months after meeting via an online gaming service.

On the day of his murder, Breck had met his killer only once - the previous day.

Dismissing claims he had acted in 'self-defence', Mr Whitham told the court: 'He bought the duct tape off Amazon along with other items which indicate a sexual motive.’

Fourteen-year-old Breck Bednar was found dead with his throat slit in the flat where he had been with Daynes. Today his mother, Lorin LaFave, said his death could have been prevented by police

'I'M THE ONLY ONE WHO CAME OUT ALIVE': CHILLING CONFESSION OF TEENAGE KILLER TO 999 OPERATOR AFTER MURDERING 14-YEAR-OLD Lewis Daynes: 'Hi there, umm, OK. Hello, I need police and a forensics team to my address please. Operator: 'What do you mean? What's happened? 'My friend and I got into an altercation, and I'm the only one who came out alive. 'Are you telling me you've killed somebody? 'Yes, I am.' 'Right, and who am I speaking to?' 'My name is Lewis Daynes, I am 18 years old. 'What's actually happened?' 'My friend came to stay the night with me yesterday because he'd been feeling very down, feeling suicidal .And I woke up this morning, he was in a mess, I tried to calm him down. I hugged him and said that I was there for him. He shrugged me off. 'Don't tell me anymore. You're telling me he's definitely dead? 'Yes, I'm telling you he's dead. 'So what happened last night? 'He came to stay with me because he was feeling down. 'What's his name? 'Breck Bednar. 'He came to stay with you.' 'I can explain this to the officers. 'I need to take these initial details. 'I know, I know. He came to stay with me the night, I did my best to comfort him, I woke up this morning, he was in a mess. 'Did you have an argument with him last night?' 'No, we were fine. We were both fine. 'Why did he come to stay with you?' 'Because he was fed up with his home life.He's had a lot of problems, I've known him for a longtime he came to stay with me. I was in Thailand last week on holiday, he was in Spain. 'OK, so you both went to bed and what's happened this morning?' 'I woke up, he was just standing up. He was in a mess, hands on his face, I got up and put my arms around him and said it was OK. He just shrugged me off and said "no", actually, I can't remember actually what he said. 'He was going on about how he didn't want to go home, he was fed up with his life, and he didn't want to go. 'I have a pen knife on the side of, sorry in my room, adjacent to my bed, I have a chest of drawers, I had a pen knife on there folded, he picked it up, opened it, and lost control. I..' 'Slow down. So Breck grabbed it in order to harm himself? 'No in order to harm ME, he opened it, and lost control. 'I, in self-defence, put my left arm up to block him from stabbing me effectively, we struggled, 'I got him to the ground, he got up, I got the knife... (sighs, Ok)...Can you not interrupt me with this part? 'OK' 'This is being recorded anyway isn't it?' 'Yes' 'I grabbed the knife and I stabbed him once in the back of the neck, I believe, somewhere near the brain stem. He turned around, tried to carry it on, and I think I stumbled on my chest of drawers. I fell over, I got back up, backed away and, I don't remember exactly what happened but the fight ended with me cutting his throat. 'I believe I turned around and I slashed his throat. He fell face first on my bed, I tried to stop the bleeding, he fell onto the floor and I couldn't stop it. His throat was properly cut. 'And he's still on the floor?' 'Yes' 'He fell onto the bed face first, I was trying to compress the wound at that time.' 'Lewis are you still in the room where Breck is?' 'No. 'Where are you?' 'Look, this, OK, Don't interrupt me just let me explain this if this is being recorded. I didn't know what to do, I felt like... 'Is the house where you are also where Breck is?' 'Yes. I felt like taking my own life. I don't remember what happened after that, all I know is I dropped the knife in the hallway. I stripped down and then sat in the shower. 'You've left the weapon in the hallway and have spent how long sitting in the shower? 'I don't know. Are the police on their way? I can hear sirens. 'They are, they are. 'I'm going to go and do my part. Thank you for your help.' Advertisement

Today it emerged Daynes, who will spend at least 25 years behind bars, was accused of raping another teenager in 2011 but never faced conviction.

The claims were investigated by Essex Police but the case was dropped. His alleged victim is now reluctant to give evidence against him.

In criticism of Essex Police, his mother said: 'The police did not do a lot for me at the time when the attack was reported to them. They just kept delaying the case and turned around and said there was no evidence.’

In the months before his killing of Breck, the 14-year-old's mother became concerned with Daynes' seemingly controlling personality.

Lorin LeFave told police she feared the teenager was grooming her son, after noticing a shift in his behaviour, but says she heard nothing back.

Four months later, Breck was discovered with his throat slit in the flat in Essex. The handling of the case is being investigated by the Independent Police Complaints Commission.

Weeping, she said today: 'Had all employees and procedures worked properly I don’t believe Breck would be dead.'

During his murder trial, the court heard how Daynes promised fictitious jobs and ludicrous amounts of money to Breck in a chain of emails.

He instructed the 14-year-old what to tell his parents when visiting him, saying he should lie that he was visiting a boy the same age.

'If you're (sic) father asks you where you're going on Sunday say you're going to meet a friend who's 14 and moved to Cairo last year with his mother when his parents split up,' one email read.

In a photograph released by Essex Police, computer equipment is left in a filled sink in the flat where Lewis Daynes killed the teenager, in an alleged bid to erase record of their correspondence

After sharing news of the teenager's death, Daynes removed and cut up his clothes before putting them in a black bin liner (above)

The court heard how Daynes attempted to seduce and control Breck in online messages such as one (shown above) in which he makes a false promise of lucrative work

In another email to the schoolboy sent just 10 days before the murder, Daynes claims tells him not to 'feel awkward' and 'relax'

Breck (left) had been tied up with duct tape (right) at the flat where Daynes lived in Grays, Essex, before being stabbed in the neck

'Just some ideas, but it's better than getting caught out if your father asks you to provide details and you slip up accidentally and get caught out.'

Another promised the teenager £85million as the sole benefactor of the sale of a bogus technology company.

In reality, Daynes was living off a small inheritance and is thought to have been helped with rent by his grandparents.

On the night of his death, Breck, whose family lived in a £600,000 home in Caterham, Surrey, told his oil tycoon father he was staying with a friend.

Following today's sentencing Detective Inspector Anne Cameron of Essex Police described the teenager as 'a dangerous and manipulative criminal'.

'He used his substantial computer expertise and his knowledge of the world of social media to control everyone he came into contact with in his virtual world.'

She added that he 'coerced and controlled' vulnerable teenage boys to exploit them.

'Tragically, his downward spiral of depravity went even further and ended in the brutal murder of Breck Bednar, an innocent 14-year-old boy who had placed his trust in a man he considered to be a friend,' Ms Cameron said.

'Sadly, Daynes abused that trust in the most horrific way possible.'