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Tyler Webb sentenced to nine years imprisonment after persuading victim to attempt suicide online
- Tyler Webb, 23, from Loughborough, was sentenced to nine years and four months under a hybrid order for persuading a vulnerable woman online to take her own life.
- Webb groomed the woman over several weeks after meeting her on a mental health forum and persuaded her to attempt suicide during a 44-minute video call last July.
- He persistently pressured her with calculated psychological violence and sexual motivation, encouraging self-harm on Telegram while refusing to show his face on calls.
- The victim expressed that the situation should be recognized as attempted murder, explaining that Webb told her her worth was tied to sacrificing herself for his amusement and that he professed love for her even as he tried to kill her.
- This first sentencing under the 2023 Online Safety Act includes initial detention in a mental health facility before prison, showing new legal tools combating online harm.
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Fiend who urged woman to end life for sexual pleasure jailed in landmark case
A FIEND who urged a vulnerable woman to attempt suicide in video calls for his sexual pleasure has been jailed in a landmark case. Tyler Webb met his victim, who was then aged 21, in an online forum dedicated to mental health and began grooming her. The 23-year-old persuaded the woman to seriously self-harm and convinced her to send a photograph of her injuries. Webb also tried to convince his victim to take her own life in a video call but the …
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WTX NewsTyler Webb sentenced to nine years imprisonment after persuading victim to attempt suicide online
After meeting his victim - who cannot be named - in an online forum dedicated to mental health last year, Webb began talking to her on the Telegram messaging app, and in their first conversation, successfully persuaded her to self-harm.
The case of a 20-year-old Hamburger, who is said to have driven a 13-year-old into suicide via the Internet, has frightened parents and authorities. Now new figures show that the manipulation of children over the network is more widespread than previously assumed. Experts complain of a considerable naivety.
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