Canadian Man Pleads Guilty to 14 Counts of Aiding Suicide
Prosecutors will drop 14 murder charges after Law admitted selling lethal substances online to people who later died, court heard.
- On Friday, Kenneth Law, 60, pleaded guilty in Newmarket, Ontario, to 14 counts of aiding suicide, allowing prosecutors to withdraw 14 first-degree murder charges and avoid a trial.
- Canadian prosecutors withdrew murder charges after an Ontario Court of Appeal ruling established that aiding suicide is not murder unless the accused overbears a victim's free will; the Supreme Court upheld this standard.
- An agreed statement of facts detailed how Law operated four websites, shipping at least 1,200 packages to 41 countries, including 330 to the UK, and generated approximately $300,000 from sales.
- The National Crime Agency and Crown Prosecution Service confirmed they will not prosecute Law, instead sharing details of 79 UK deaths to be considered during his Canadian sentencing.
- Victims' families continue to demand a public inquiry into how Law's operations persisted, while a sentencing hearing scheduled for September will determine his sentence of up to 14 years imprisonment.
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Kenneth Law, a former chef, testified in an Ontario court about his online business. Using multiple websites, he offered a highly toxic chemical to people attempting suicide. As reported by ABC News, the man pleaded guilty to providing advice or assistance in suicide. This was the result of a deal with prosecutors that will see investigators drop some of the 14 murder charges against him involving people in Ontario aged 16 to 36. Sentencing in t…
As Aimee Walton celebrates her 25th birthday this week, she would likely be creating new music, drawing, or planning for the future. Instead, her family is among those who have been searching for years for answers to the question of how a former Canadian chef could sell deadly substances online to people around the world — and go virtually unnoticed.
Kanadensaren sålde ”självmordspaket” runt om i världen
Kanadensaren Kenneth Law, 60, har erkänt sig skyldig till att i 14 fall hjälpt människor att ta sitt liv. Law drev tidigare en rad webbplatser där han sålde ”själmordspaket” till personer runt om i världen. Nästan 100 dödsfall kopplas till honom.
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