Police broke into Leon Jenkins’ home in Cardiff after being alerted by Paltalk usersA man living in Wales livestreamed his own suicide around the world after spending time in a virtual “insult chatroom”, an inquest has heard. Jenkins’s webcam was still operating and officers heard observers asking each other whether what they had seen was real or faked. Jenkins’ father, Peter, 68, told the inquest he would hear his son “shouting and swearing” when using Paltalk. The inquest was told Jenkins had lived alone in the bedsit for the last 18 years. The hearing in Pontypridd heard Jenkins had a history of mental health problems and had been diagnosed as bipolar.

Source: The Guardian December 11, 2018 15:51 UTC