Grand Theft Auto skills help heroic Charlie save his grandfather’s life

An 11-year-old Meath boy has been hailed as a hero for saving his grandfather’s life after the car in which they were travelling crashed after his grandfather suffered a blackout at the wheel.

However, Charlie Cullen has attributed his heroics to the morally ambiguous protagonists of the computer game Grand Theft Auto.

On April 1, Charlie, from Slane, Co Meath, was being driven home by his grandad Finn, who suddenly slumped at the wheel without warning.