Warren LeBlanc

Infobox Criminal
subject_name = Warren LeBlanc

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conviction = Death (stabbings) of Stefan Pakeerah
penalty = Life in jail without parole
status = Living

Warren LeBlanc was the murderer and former friend of 14 year old Stefan Pakeerah in Leicester, England.

The murder took place in February 2004. LeBlanc killed Pakeerah by stabbing him with a claw hammer, a method of execution in a Child's Play film which he had seen. Stefan's mother Giselle Pakeerah claimed [cite web | url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/leicestershire/3934277.stm | title=Game blamed for hammer murder | date=29 July, 2004 | publisher=BBC News | accessdate=2006-10-12 ] that LeBlanc had been 'obsessed' with the video game, Manhunt. Leblanc pleaded guilty in court. However, LeBlanc was not found to be in possession of the game. It was actually found to be owned by the victim, Pakeerah. [cite web | url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/leicestershire/3538066.stm | title=Police reject game link to murder | date=5 August, 2004 | publisher=BBC News | accessdate=2007-06-19 ]

The police denied any such link between the game and the murder, [cite web | url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/leicestershire/3538066.stm | title=Police reject game link to murder | date=5 August, 2004 | publisher=BBC News | accessdate=2006-10-12 ] citing drug-related robbery as the motive. The presiding judge also placed sole responsibility with LeBlanc in his summing up after sentencing him to a life sentence. [cite web | url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/leicestershire/3624654.stm | title=Teenage murderer gets life term | date=3 September, 2004 | publisher=BBC News | accessdate=2006-10-12 ]

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