British Man Jailed for Inciting US Suicide via Video Call
A British man has been sentenced to jail for encouraging a vulnerable American man to commit suicide during a video call. The incident occurred on the Discord chat platform.
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Briton jailed for goading US man to kill himself on video call
Dylan Phelan, 21, sentenced to six years and four months for encouraging the suicide of 21-year-old Louisiana native Travis Dyer A British man has been sentenced to over six years in jail after admitting to encouraging a US citizen to commit suicide in 2024 while on a video call. Dylan Phelan, 21, was sentenced on Friday at Leeds crown court after previously pleading guilty to intentionally doing an act which was capable of encouraging the suicide of another person. This was after 21-year-old...
By Raphael Boyd
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Dylan Phelan kept a recording of the suicide on his computer
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