A former Canadian chef is accused of masterminding a sick money-making scheme in which he sold more than 1,200 poison-filled suicide kits that have been linked to more than 100 deaths around the world.
Kenneth Law, 58, was charged this week with 14 counts of second-degree murder for helping more than a dozen young people, including teenagers, in the province of Ontario commit suicide, police announced Tuesday.
Law had previously been charged with 14 counts of “guidance or assistance in suicide” in connection with the same deaths in Ontario.
Police said Law mailed 160 packets of sodium nitrite, a food preservative that can be deadly if used incorrectly, to people in Canada between the ages of 16 and 36.
He is also believed to have sent at least 1,200 of these assisted suicide packages to addresses in more than 40 countries since 2020, after losing his job at the historic Fairmont Royal York Hotel in Toronto during COVID.
Kenneth Law, 58, a former chef, has been charged with 14 counts of second-degree murder for allegedly helping more than a dozen people in Ontario, Canada, commit suicide. CTV News Law is suspected of selling 1,200 suicide kits containing sodium nitrite, a common food additive that can be lethal if used incorrectly. Peel Regional Police
Law has been linked to 117 deaths around the world, the vast majority of them in the United Kingdom, Canadian outlet CBC reported, citing court documents and statements.
The National Crime Agency in London has identified 272 people in Britain who had bought items on Law’s websites, and 90 of them died.
One of Law’s alleged victims was Tom Parfett, 22, of Sunbury-on-Thames, who ended his life in October 2021 using a chemical he bought for about $60 on Law’s website, according to his father. .
It is a suicide mask that was supposedly sold online by Law. The Peel Regional Police Act is being investigated in connection with at least 117 assisted suicides worldwide. Peel Regional Police
“It sends a signal to other people who encourage vulnerable people to self-harm and provide them with suicide kits that they are not beyond the law,” David Parfett told the BBC in response to the murder charges brought against Law in Canada. .
Authorities in New Zealand, France, Ireland, Italy, Germany and Switzerland confirmed that Law had sent packages to their countries, resulting in at least one known death.
James said during a news conference Tuesday that Ontario police are cooperating with multiple international investigations.
Law, who police say used several websites to market his lethal products to vulnerable people, has been in prison since May.
Law, a former cook at a Toronto hotel, has been in prison since May. National Crime Agency
“One of the challenges we face is that a number of these sites are located in other countries where Canadian law does not apply,” said Inspector Simon James of York police in Canada.
Law is due back in court on December 19. If he is convicted of second-degree murder, he could face life in prison as one of Canada’s most prolific mass murderers.
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