Dylan Phelan, 21, is sentenced to six years and four months in connection with the death of Travis Dyer, 21, in Louisiana. Prosecutors say Phelan encouraged Dyer to kill himself during a video call in 2024, including discussion involving a shotgun. Sky News reports the jail term as more than six years. The Guardian says Phelan pleaded guilty to intentionally doing an act capable of encouraging another person’s suicide.
The reporting also states that the call involved Phelan, Dyer and two other men, and that Dyer died by suicide after the video call. The Guardian additionally reports that Phelan admitted multiple image-related offences, including three counts of possession of extreme pornographic images and one count of making an indecent image of a child.
The outlets provided do not describe the precise investigative details leading to sentencing, but they agree on the core outcome: a British man is convicted and jailed for encouraging a US citizen’s suicide tied to a video call and involving a shotgun, with additional convictions for possession and making indecent images.
