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Sophie Robinson

Man who urged vulnerable woman to kill herself and self-harm given hybrid order

Tyler Webb was sentenced at Leicester Crown Court (Leicestershire Police/PA) -

A man who persistently urged a vulnerable woman to kill herself and self-harm during video calls for his own sexual pleasure has been handed a prison sentence of nine years and four months.

Tyler Webb, 23, repeatedly told his victim to end her life during weeks of what she called “calculated psychological violence” because he wanted to watch her die on a video call.

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