An Ontario man has been arrested for selling over 1,200 suicide kits to people around the world, and is believed to have caused the deaths of multiple people.
Kenneth Law was originally unmasked by the Times of London, which found that Law — who worked full-time as a chef — is believed to have been behind seven deaths at the time of their April investigation. He spoke openly to an undercover investigator about the number of people he sold the kits to, saying, “It will be literally in the hundreds. And they’ve all received it. We have had many, many customers in the UK who have purchased it.”
He further said that “many, many, many, many” had died due to his suicide kits, saying, “People in the UK have died, people in the US have died, people in Canada have died, and other parts of the world.”
The Times of London found that one of his victims was only 17 years old. Law repeatedly said that he was doing “God’s work” by sending out the suicide kits.
But two mothers spoke to CTV after both of their children were killed using Law’s suicide kits — and they do not agree.
“This trial is monumental in so many ways,” Kelli Wilson said. “These sites sell to vulnerable people. It’s aiding and abetting suicide, which is akin to murder. Law weaponized mentally ill people against themselves, and that can’t be allowed to continue. It’s a no-brainer. He needs to be held accountable for what he’s (allegedly) done. And the lawmakers, as well – they’ve facilitated these havens for crime.”
Catherine Adenekan added, “What he’s (allegedly) done is one of the worst things you could possibly do.”
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That piece of investigative journalism led to an arrest by local police, as the Times of London investigation caught Law on tape advising people how best to use his suicide kits to cause death. Currently, there are 40 countries and 11 Ontario police forces investigating Law. His websites, meanwhile, have been taken down. On his websites, Law sold poisons like sodium nitrate, as well as flow regulators and gas masks. When selling his suicide kits, he would instruct the buyer how best to use them in order to ensure death.
But while the family members of the victims are heartbroken, notorious assisted suicide advocate Philip Nitschke praised Law.“It’s a fundamental human right,” he told CP24 of assisted suicide, and said Law’s problem was that he didn’t sell only to the elderly. “Kenneth was being a little unrestrictive. Elderly people have this idea that they should have a right to access the substances, but they’re not terribly sympathetic to the idea of teenagers going out there and buying a substance.”
Still, Nitschke added, “He’s helped them achieve their goals. We’re watching this trial with great interest.”
