For millions of ordinary fans, hit US crime drama Dexter has been the perfect binge-watch at the end of a long day.
But for a twisted minority, it has ceased to be entertainment and mutated into something far darker: a twisted inspiration for real-world violence.
Within just three months, two British killers who styled themselves on TV serial killer Dexter Morgan have been convicted of gruesome murders – while a 16-year-old obsessed with the show was convicted of attempting to murder a girl he did not even know in school.
The boy, who cannot be named for legal reasons, was just 15 when
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