A 28-year-old Italian-Sri Lankan man
has been placed under investigation for instigation to commit
suicide after a 14-year-old Ravenna girl tried to kill herself
after viewing the man's allegedly jokey Youtube video on "nine
ways to commit suicide" including drinking a cement milkshake
and entering a lions' cage at the zoo.
Ryan Kuruppu aka 'Creepy Ryan', who came to Italy with his Sri
Lankan parents when he was two and who works as a hotel porter,
said through his lawyer "I wanted to do irony. Certainly
macabre, and perhaps superficial, But it was supposed to be a
fun video, nothing more".
He said he was shocked when Italian postal police raided his
home and seized his computer.
Kuruppu said he had recognized the error of his ways and wanted
to apologise to the girl and her parents, who had saved her
life.
"I hope the magistrate understands that I'm a good kid and that
never, in all my life, have I wanted to cause other people pain.
"For the rest I hope that my case could prevent others using
Internet lightly: the content we spread can be misunderstood".
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