British man jailed for goading American to kill himself on video call (opens original article in a new tab)

A British man was jailed for encouraging a US citizen to commit suicide during a video call, with additional charges related to explicit content.

• Briton Dylan Phelan sentenced to over six years in jail for encouraging US man Travis Dyer to commit suicide during a video call
• Phelan admitted to three counts of possession of extreme pornographic images and one count of making an indecent image of a child
• The private Discord server 'Recovery4all' was used to taunt Dyer and worsen his mental health despite its name suggesting a mental health forum