A United States chatroom user has told how he desperately tried to get someone to call 999 as he watched a British plasterer hang himself live on webcam on Christmas Day. The horrified American, according to SMACK, watched on in horror as his Internet acquaintance, Gregory Tomkins, 39, took his life. He had no idea where the man lived and begged UK-based users of the Internet forum to dial 999. “I just think he was very lonely as he had a difficult past which he spoke about a lot. “But he always meant well, you just were never sure what mood he was in when he entered the chat room.

Source: Punch January 06, 2018 17:37 UTC