British families confront Canadian suicide poison seller in court as parents of teen victim reveal lives have been ‘irrevocably shattered’
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Canadian chef Kenneth Law has admitted selling lethal chemicals online to people seeking to end their lives, including vulnerable young Britons. At a court hearing in Ontario, relatives described the devastating impact of the deaths, while British authorities said Law exploited vulnerable people; however, there are currently no plans to extradite him to the UK.
Law pleaded guilty to 14 Canadian counts of aiding suicide and accepted that 79 people in Britain died after ingesting substances he supplied, including 14-year-old Henry Tucker and 22-year-old Tom Parfett. He sent about 1,200 packages to more than 40 countries, including 330 to Britain, and is due to be sentenced in Canada next month, where aiding suicide carries a maximum sentence of 14 years.
- Kenneth Law admitted supplying lethal poison online.
- Seventy-nine Britons died after ingesting chemicals he sold.
- British families want justice, but he will be sentenced in Canada.
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