I think that you all need to forget the game that was involved and concentrate on the town that this happened in
Croydon
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Croydon
One of the holes in the Uk that spawned Chavs
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chav
Not a nice place to visit and I pity anyone who has to live there.
My initial reaction when I saw the article was "that's Croydon for you" In all honesty it didn't even occur to me that it might be game related lol