 A Canadian man accused of selling poison online has been linked to almost 90 deaths in the UK. Authorities in Ontario charged Kenneth Law, 57, on two counts of counselling and aiding suicide, believing he had 'distributed and marketed [a] substance online to target individuals at risk of self-harm.' Police reportedly accuse Law of distributing more than 1,200 packages of dangerous substances to vulnerable individuals in at least 40 countries around the world. The investigation into Law is now reported to have expanded, with the UK National Crime Agency revealing it has identified more than 272 people who bought toxic items from Canadian websites thought to be linked with Law in the two years prior to his arrest. Of that number, 88 people are understood to have died. A father of one of Law's alleged victims recently told BBC Radio 4 his son was 'encouraged by members of a certain online community' on how to take his own life, specifically by 'taking poison'. He said: 'There were a number of people who openly sold that poison, including as we know now, Kenneth Law, who has [allegedly] been responsible for 88 deaths in the UK. 'We will find out more about Kenneth Law's [alleged] impact across the world. The picture is still emerging and the UK authorities, in my understanding, are the first people to actually put a number on that.' Kenneth Law will next appear in court in Ontario later today (Picture: PA) He went on: 'I think it's also important to focus [on the fact that] we have at least been able to help some people. We know that something along the lines of 270 packages were sent to the UK, from which there were 88 deaths. ' 'But of course that means, and I hope, that we might have been able to stop some people, that there have been some people who've been able to get t){kind=link}
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A Canadian man accused of selling poison online has been linked to almost 90 deaths in the UK.
Authorities in Ontario charged Kenneth Law, 57, on two counts of counselling and aiding suicide, believing he had ‘distributed and marketed [a] substance online to target individuals at risk of self-harm.’
Police reportedly accuse Law of distributing more than 1,200 packages of dangerous substances to vulnerable individuals in at least 40 countries around the world.
The investigation into Law is now reported to have expanded, with the UK National Crime Agency revealing it has identified more than 272 people who bought toxic items from Canadian websites thought to be linked with Law in the two years prior to his arrest.