On March 29th, The Daily Mail called the death of 14 year-old Amro Elbadawi part of "London's bloodiest day of gang violence this year".

It then stated "On MySpace, he was named as part of the SD Crew, whose initials were said to stand for "Street Dreamz/Street Disciples/Secret Dealers". The gang claims to consist of 50 "soldiers" and "yungas" - younger members."

But that was days ago. Since then both the The Mail and the London Evening Standard have decided it's best to get more ink from the blood by using the youngsters father to blame, of course, video games.

Both 'newspapers' quote 60 year-old Sabri Elbadawi saying, "My son was never, ever involved in gangs or crime. These stories and pictures of him in gangs are complete rubbish. Technology is part of the problem. Kids are on the internet making these websites. They are nonsense.

"These violent computer games where you go round stabbing and shooting people are awful. They encourage this behaviour. I also blame the music the kids listen to, full of swearing, with no respect for life."

Both papers also 'report' "The Prime Minister has backed calls for tighter regulation of computer games. Gordon Brown wants manufacturers to stop designing games where the characters carry knives and has joined calls for a cinema-style age classification."

The fact that The Mail itself used the 'gang' tag to report the stabbing initially seems to have passed its own editors by.

Headlines for both stories highlight video games as casual - in the mind of a grieving father, that is. SPOnG wonders just how the man was asked the questions to which he gave those answers?

You might want to do better at the Amro Elbadawi online memorial.