Overview

• Tyler Webb, 22, admitted to using the Telegram app to pressure a vulnerable woman to harm herself and attempt suicide during a 44-minute video call in July 2024.
• Webb was charged under Section 184 of the Online Safety Act 2023, which criminalizes online encouragement of serious self-harm, marking the first case prosecuted under this legislation.
• The victim, who met Webb on a mental health forum, reported his actions to police after he persistently urged her to end her life and provided methods to do so.
• Leicestershire Police arrested Webb at his Loughborough home, and he appeared via videolink from a mental health facility at Leicester Crown Court to plead guilty on May 9, 2025.
• Judge Timothy Spencer KC scheduled Webb’s sentencing for July 4, 2025, as advocacy groups call for stronger online safety measures to protect vulnerable individuals.