Kenneth Law, a 60-year-old man from Canada, is not expected to be prosecuted in the UK over allegations that he supplied lethal substances linked to deaths there. Multiple outlets report that Law is connected to the sending of roughly 1,200 packages of lethal chemicals to recipients across 41 countries, including more than 100 people in the UK. The reports say some recipients were people Law met through online suicide forums. UK authorities had sought legal action in relation to the alleged deaths, but the case proceeds in Canada instead. The Evening Standard and Independent state that Law is due to appear in court in Ontario on Friday, facing two counts related to counselling and aiding suicide. The Mirror similarly reports that he will not be tried in the UK, citing the scale of the alleged shipments and the UK links. Across the coverage, the core points are Law’s role in distributing lethal substances internationally, the alleged connection to UK deaths, and the decision that UK prosecution will not go ahead, with the matter handled through proceedings in Ontario.
Canadian man Kenneth Law not tried in UK over alleged lethal substances
Kenneth Law, a 60-year-old man from Canada, is not expected to be prosecuted in the UK over allegations that he supplied lethal substances linked to deaths there. Multiple outlets report that Law is c...
- Kenneth Law, 60, is alleged to have supplied lethal substances to recipients in 41 countries.
- Reports say he sent about 1,200 packages and more than 100 recipients were in the UK.
- Some recipients are described as people Law met through online suicide forums.
- Law faces two counts in Ontario relating to counselling and aiding suicide and is due to appear in court on Friday.
- The UK is not prosecuting him, with the case instead proceeding in Canada.
Kenneth Law, 60, sent around 1,200 packages of lethal substances to recipients in 41 countries, including more than 100 in the UK, who he had met in online suicide forums
2 months agoKenneth Law, 60, is set to appear in court in Ontario on Friday over two counts of counselling and aiding suicide.
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