Menu

Post image 1
Post image 2
Post image 3
Post image 4
Post image 5
1 / 5
0

'Poison seller' Kenneth Law who sold toxic chemicals online admits aiding suicides

#bbc#parfett#suicide#prosser#court#charges
Reading 0:00
15s threshold

9 hours ago Sean Dilley, Christina McSorley and Olivia Ireland PA Media Kenneth Law appeared at court in Ontario, Canada A man has pleaded guilty to 14 counts of aiding suicides in Canada after he sold toxic chemicals online. Kenneth Law, 60, entered the guilty pleas in an Ontario court on Friday, as part of a deal with prosecutors, who withdrew more serious murder charges. Authorities said the former chef also sold about 1,200 packages of the toxic substances to recipients - who he met in online suicide forums - in 40 countries, roughly a quarter of which were sent to the UK. The charges all relate to Canadian victims - but families of British victims have said they were angry UK prosecutors would not charge Law over the deaths of 79 Britons, which authorities say are linked to products he supplied. The Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) said it had agreed to the Canadian plea bargain on the basis Law's sentence take the British deaths into account.…

Continue reading — create a free account

Join HashtagPLUS to read full articles, follow hashtags, vote, and join the conversation.

Read More