A man has been sentenced to a hybrid order of 9 years and 4 months, which will see him detained at a mental health facility and if deemed fit he will serve the remainder of his sentence in prison.
The man repeatedly and persistently encouraged a vulnerable woman he met online to kill herself.
He is the first person to be charged with offences under both the Online Safety Act 2023 and the Suicide Act 1961.
Louise Oakley was instructed by Alex Johnson – CPS Special Crime and Counter Terrorism Division in York
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