British man who goaded vulnerable American 21-year-old into killing himself with shotgun by urging him to 'push down on the trigger' is jailed for more than six years

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A 21-year-old British man received a prison sentence exceeding six years after admitting he encouraged a 21-year-old American to end his own life during a video communication in 2024. The conviction established the defendant's responsibility for deliberately manipulating the victim through direct verbal encouragement toward a fatal outcome. The case marked a significant legal precedent for addressing online transnational facilitation of suicide.