A TEENAGE boy who sparked a video stunt craze has admitted uploading violent footage onto the internet.

Michael Davies, 18, uploaded three videos of a brawl between teenage girls near Birch Hall Avenue in Darwen onto video-sharing website YouTube three months ago.

The videos, which he insisted were filmed by someone else, were viewed by thousands before YouTube bosses removed them on Tuesday, following complaints by Rossendale and Darwen MP Janet Anderson, and police.

But Michael, known as Mikey, has agreed to remove a total of five videos deemed in appropriate by police and wants viewers instead to focus on the music videos he produces.

Michael, who lives in the Anchor area, courted controversy aged 16 when he created the Live Now Die Later website which filmed out stunts inspired by the US television show Jackass.

It was blamed for a number of incidents in Darwen, including an 11-year-old boy being accidentally set on fire.

He said: "YouTube wouldn't take me off because I've not done anything wrong but it's getting on people's nerves.

"I just want to shut people up, it's just a few videos, it's not going to affect my life.

"I hope I can move on from this now. I reckon leaving them up wouldn't have harmed my career but now the police are involved and people are not happy I'll take them down."

Darwen police are speaking to a teenage girl suspected of filming the video - Darwen Girl Fight - which they said breached YouTube's Code of Conduct.

Insp Andrea Bradbury wrote to YouTube bosses after the film was removed, asking them to deny website access to whoever was responsible for uploading them and other videos deemed to be contrary to the code.

She said they included one where a boy jumps out of a car window.

Insp Bradbury said: "Following Janet Anderson's communication with Eric Schmidt I asked them to review further footage on their website that are concerned with young people in Darwen and I identified a number of items I deemed to be inappropriate.

"I have spoken to Michael and he's apologetic and he realises he's broken the Code of Conduct.

"He's aware I have approached YouTube and he says he will remove it."

Michael plans to start a course in media production at Blackburn College in September which he hopes will help fulfil his ambitions to succeed in the film industry.