THE mother of a teenager who was groomed and murdered by a Grays man he met online gaming has appeared on television to raise awareness.

Lorin Lafave, 49, revealed her heartbreak over the loss of her son Breck Bednar, 14, when she appeared on new TV show When Kids Kill.

The schoolboy was killed by computer engineer Lewis Daynes, who was 18 at the time, after he was lured to his flat in Rosebery Road, Grays.

Breck, from Caterham, Surrey, was found with a neck wound at Daynes’ property in Grays on February 17, 2014.

Daynes, now 19, had groomed Breck through an online gaming forum that he ran.

American-born Lorin, who is also mum to 14-year-old triplets, paid tribute to her son on the show, saying: "He was an easy-going boy and he was well-mannered and always a model child.

"I adored him.

"He had a thirst for learning, especially when it came to technology.

"I knew that he would have an amazing career because he had that drive and intelligence."

During her interview on the show, Lorin explained how Breck became moody and withdrawn after he became more and more controlled by Daynes.

At one point, she even banned him from using the computer and called the police to voice her concerns about a suspected online predator two months before the killing.

In March, Surrey Police "unreservedly apologised” for failing to respond properly to her concerns.

She said: "It almost felt like Breck was a child with two parents - there was a dad figure who was opening a wold with all these opportunities and he made me out to be the bad guy.

"If the police had listened to my concerns and popped Lewis Daynes' name into the computer they would have found he was known for having indecent images of young boys on his computer and for an allegation of rape against a 15-year-old boy - but the people who took my call were too negligent to check."

Recalling the last time she saw her son alive as she sent him away on a school trip, she said: "I hugged him and we both said that we loved each other.

"As he walked away, I thought that I was so proud of this boy.

"He turned around and waved. I never would have imagined that was the last time I would see him alive, never would have imagined.'

The TV show, which was aired this week, played the matter-of-fact call to police that Daynes made following the brutal attack.

He calmly called the police to report Breck's death and claimed that he had stabbed him in self-defence.

In January last year, Daynes admitted murdering Breck at Chelmsford Crown Court and was jailed for minimum of 25 years.

Since the murder, Lorin has launched The Breck Foundation in her son's memory, an organisation that works to raise awareness about online grooming and using the internet safely.

She visits schools and speaks to parents and children about staying safe online.