Encouraging self-harm to be a crime
New offence proposed in Online Safety Bill
A new offence of encouraging others to commit serious self-harm is being proposed by the government.
The Ministry of Justice said the reform would be introduced by way of an amendment to the Online Safety Bill, which has nearly completed its passage through parliament.
Complicity in another’s suicide is already an offence. Molly Russell, 14,…
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