A mother who lost her son to suicide claimed that the social media sharing of a video showing his body had made her grief worse.
Days after her son Daniel Knott, 39, passed away on March 27, Jenny Tancock was informed of the upsetting video.
Before the emergency services arrived, a man recorded Daniel's body.
"To post it online for everyone to see. It's the ultimate insult and, in my opinion, the ultimate denigration of a person, said Jenny.
After pleading guilty to sharing the video online, Jacob Morse, 22, was given a six-week prison sentence at Llanelli Magistrates' Court on May 18.
Although Jenny hasn't seen the video, she claimed that learning that others have seen it has caused her and the rest of her family a great deal of distress. .
Jenny from Betws, Carmarthenshire, described her reaction to the incident as "angry, pure anger, and disbelief that someone could be so vile as to arrive at a scene like that and actually video it.".
"Jake Morse's actions have only made our grief worse for us, in our opinion. When we ought to be mourning Daniel, we're instead dealing with something so repulsive. " .
Jenny was informed that someone found Daniel's body and then called the authorities.
But before the emergency services arrived, Morse, who had been working close by, came across the scene and captured Daniel's body on camera using his smartphone. .
Jenny claimed that meeting Morse in person in court left her feeling "full of hate.".
Because I was in mourning, I shouldn't have been there. She said, "I was just shaking the entire time, head to toe.
Despite her rage, she admitted to having conflicting emotions regarding Morse's six-week custodial sentence.
He just looked like a big kid, and as a mother, it really hit her. "I was really unsure of how I felt," she said.
"I was constantly asking myself, "What would Dan do? ", and I don't believe Dan would have wanted him to go to jail.
"Six weeks isn't enough, but it's a prison sentence, he's been put in jail, and that tells me that our justice system is taking it seriously," the speaker said. " .
Jenny was forced to reflect on the horror of the previous eight weeks after the court case was over.
"The worst thing that can happen to a parent is to lose a child. It's on a different level to lose them to suicide, she said.
Daniel was described by the woman as "an enigma, full of beans, full of life, from the day he was born just kind, caring, generous, and loved by everyone," she recalled. " .
Daniel developed a love of DJing and fun, hardcore dance music as a raver.
But seven years ago, a serious car accident that Daniel was involved in that left him with a fractured skull and a broken back caused that to change. Metal rods were inserted during surgery to stabilize his back.
Jenny said, "He broke up with his girlfriend, lost his house, lost his job, really lost everything.".
Physically, he was no longer able to play the cards, he was unable to stand for an extended period of time, and the rods were causing him to shake from head to toe.
"It almost seems like Daniel was victorious. ".
She claimed that when she saw police at her door, she "just knew.".
"I just pleaded with you not to,". ".
The Jac Lewis Foundation, a neighborhood nonprofit founded by Jac Lewis's family after he committed suicide, is helping Jenny and her family. .
She was accompanied to court by the charity, who also made arrangements for her to receive counseling.
She claimed that the help had "helped us enormously.".
In order to stop "just one person who is tempted to take a video and share it under any kind of traumatic circumstances," Jenny said speaking out would be worthwhile. ".
"I want to raise awareness that these are human beings, they're people, they have families. To share things on the internet for shock value or to get likes is awful, and I want them to know that there are consequences for doing so," she said. ".
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