THE MOTHER of a 14-year-old boy who was murdered by an online predator he met through a gaming group said she did everything she could to protect her son.

Breck Bednar was stabbed to death by fellow online gaming enthusiast Lewis Daynes in what police believe was a sexually or sadistically motivated attack.

Bednar, from Surrey, England, was lured to the home of the 19-year-old after Daynes promised to upgrade his computer for him.

Following the murder Daynes posted pictures of Bednar’s dead body online. This sick act ensured that one of Bednar’s brothers found out about the death through friends who had seen the pictures on social media before his parents were able to break the news to him.

News_Image_File: Killed ... Breck Bednar was stabbed to death by a fellow online gaming enthusiast. Picture: US ABC News

Bednar’s distraught mother Lorin LaFave said she warned British police about her son’s relationship with Daynes but her concerns were ignored.

The Independent Police Complaints Commission (IPCC) is currently investigating Surrey Police’s handling of the case.

She told US ABC News that she limited her son’s access to electronics, installed parental controls and banned him from using the same server as Daynes after she became suspicious of the teen’s intentions towards her son.

Ms LaFave, 47, who is separated from Bednar’s father, a millionaire trader, said she wanted to use her son’s death to raise awareness of the dangers of online gaming.

News_Image_File: Twisted ... Lewis Daynes posted pictures of Bednar’s dead body online. Picture: US ABC News

“I want Breck’s tragedy to help open the eyes of everyone to recognise the dangers of online predators,” she said in a statement. “It is a very real danger today.”

“People think it only happens to anti-social kids, but it’s just not true,” she told ABC.

Daynes pleaded guilty to the killing last month.