British man encouraged ‘vulnerable’ American to kill himself on video call (opens original article in a new tab)

A British man was jailed for encouraging a vulnerable American man to kill himself during a video call, with the victim having struggled with mental health and tragic family losses.

• A British man was jailed for six years and four months after encouraging a vulnerable American man to commit suicide via a video call.
• The victim, Travis Dyer, had a history of mental health struggles and had lost family members to drowning.
• Phelan was part of an online group that groomed Dyer to take his own life, and he laughed when Dyer did so.