Canadian is investigated after admitting supplying lethal poison to ‘hundreds’ of suicidal Brits
Canadian chef under investigation after admitting supplying deadly poison to ‘hundreds’ of suicidal Britons – several of whom committed suicide by ingesting it, claims report
- Kenneth Law sent poison to suicidal youths around the world for 2 years
- Four UK deaths linked to substance law, sold online and shipped from Toronto
A Canadian chef supplied a deadly poison that British suicidal youths used to take their own lives, it was alleged last night.
Kenneth Law has been sending the fabric to vulnerable customers around the world from a post office near Toronto for at least two years. the times reported.
Four deaths in the UK have been linked to the poison he sold online, including that of Tom Parfett, of Maidenhead, Berkshire, who committed suicide aged 22 after buying the drug from Law’s company.
Mr Parfett’s father, David, said Law “actually handed a loaded gun to my son.”
He told the Times, “I believe my son would still be alive if it weren’t for this man and this drug.”
Kenneth Law has been sending the substance to vulnerable customers around the world for at least two years from a post office near Toronto, the Times reported (file image)
The law allegedly issued instructions about ensuring the death of an undercover reporter posing as a suicidal client, and boasted that some buyers had told him he was doing “God’s work.”
He claimed to have sent the poison to hundreds of buyers in Britain and promised to continue doing so until he exhausted his inventory – despite pleas from British police forces and coroners.
The substance has caused at least 70 deaths in Britain, but is legal to sell and serves purposes other than as a poison.
It is ‘reportable’ rather than regulated under the UK’s Poisons Act, meaning retailers must alert authorities if it is suspected that it has been purchased to cause harm.
These rules do not apply outside of Britain, but assisted suicide is illegal in the UK and Canada and is punishable by up to 14 years in prison in both countries.
Another of Law’s clients was 17-year-old Anthony Jones, an American who ran to his mother and shouted “I want to live” after ingesting the substance, from which he eventually died.
In Britain, Mr Parfett, Michael Dunham, 38, Neha Raju, 23, and a 21-year-old student have all died within the past 18 months after buying products from Law’s company.
Mr. Parfett’s father said Law played God by giving vulnerable people the means to commit suicide.
“He knowingly supplies people with a means to take their own lives and derives a kind of perverse pleasure from knowing that they are doing it,” he added.
Law told the undercover reporter that “many, many, many, many” people had died after ingesting the poison, which he claimed supplied hundreds of Britons.
He said he went into business after watching his mother suffer after a stroke.
The former aerospace engineer, who last worked as a cook in a Toronto hotel, told the undercover reporter: “We haven’t progressed far enough as a civilization to openly accept death. I hope I’m just a little more enlightened.”
He urged the reporter to buy the poison, adding: “Should the day come for whatever reason — that could be a war in Europe or whatever — at least you could have something readily available.” to have.’
When Law was later confronted with his actions, he said, “They’re committing suicide themselves.” I do nothing. I’m just selling a product. I’m not assisting. It is your choice. I’m not forcing you to buy anything. Maybe you want to prevent people from buying knives and guns.’
Law’s websites have now been taken down by the domain owners, and an Ontario Police spokesman said she had launched an investigation into him.