from ninemsn in australia

A Thai teenager incensed that he could not afford to play the violent computer game Grand Theft Auto has robbed and stabbed dead a taxi driver.

The 18-year-old high school student, whose name was withheld, was arrested on Sunday after police found the bloody body of a 50-year-old Bangkok taxi driver slumped in his car.

"He confessed that he committed the crime because he had copied it from the game he played," said Bangkok police Captain Veerarit Pipatanasak.

The teenager was charged with robbery and possession of a weapon, and could face the death penalty or life imprisonment if convicted, Veerarit said.

"He wanted money to play the game. His parents, who work as civil servants, did not have enough money to give him," he added.

Instead, the teenager spent his 500 baht ($A16) allowance on two knives.

The Grand Theft Auto computer game series, which has sold about 70 million copies, has come under fire for its graphic depiction of casual violence, drug dealing and prostitution.

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I didn't find anything cheap in bangkok, ( I believe only the sex trade is cheap{but never tried it}) lol