A former Canadian chef has been accused of running 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 worldwide.
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 kill themselves, police announced Tuesday.
Law had previously been charged with 14 counts of “counseling or assisting suicide” in connection with the same Ontario death.
Police said Law sent 160 packages of sodium nitrite – a food preservative that can be fatal if misused – to people in Canada between the ages of 16 and 36.
He is also believed to have sent at least 1,200 of these suicide assistance packages to addresses in more than 40 countries since 2020, after he lost 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 fatal if misused. Peel Regional Police
The law has been linked to 117 deaths worldwide, most of them in the UK, Canadian outlet CBC reported, citing court documents and statements.
The National Crime Agency in London has identified 272 people in Britain who bought goods from Law’s website, and 90 of them died.
One of Law’s alleged victims was 22-year-old Tom Parfett from Sunbury-on-Thames, who took his own life in October 2021 using chemicals he bought for about $60 on Law’s website, according to his father.
This is the mask for use in suicide that Law allegedly sold online. Peel Regional Police Law is being investigated in connection with at least 117 cases of assisted suicide worldwide. Peel Regional Police
“It sends a signal to other people who encourage vulnerable people to self-harm and prepare suicide kits that they are not outside the law,” David Parfett told the BBC in response to the manslaughter charges filed against Law in Canada. .
Authorities in New Zealand, France, Ireland, Italy, Germany and Switzerland all confirmed that Law had sent packages to their countries, resulting in at least one known death.
James said during a news conference Tuesday that police in Ontario are cooperating with multiple international investigations.
Law, who police allege used several websites to market his deadly wares to vulnerable people, has been jailed since May.
Law, a former hotel chef from Toronto, has been in jail since May. National Crime Agency
“One of the challenges we face is that some of these sites are located in other countries where Canadian law does not apply,” said Inspector Simon James of the York police force in Canada.
Law is due back in court on December 19. If convicted of second-degree murder, he could face life in prison as one of Canada’s most prolific mass murderers.
With Postal wire
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