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Canadian accused of selling lethal chemical online pleads guilty to aiding suicide
Ontario prosecutors will withdraw first-degree murder charges as Law, 60, faces up to 14 years in prison if convicted.
- On Friday, Kenneth Law, 60, is scheduled to appear at Ontario Superior Court of Justice in Newmarket to plead guilty to 14 counts of aiding suicide under an agreement with Ontario prosecutors that will see 14 first-degree murder charges withdrawn.
- Law, a trained engineer who worked as a cook at a luxury Toronto hotel, allegedly operated websites starting around 2020 that marketed and sold sodium nitrite, a substance deadly in high concentrations.
- Ontario investigators accused Law of mailing at least 1,200 packages to addresses in more than 40 countries, including around 160 in Canada, while the 14 Ontario residents involved were aged 16 to 36.
- Under Canada's Criminal Code, aiding suicide carries up to 14 years imprisonment, compared to mandatory life with no parole eligibility for 25 years on first-degree murder charges, explaining the plea agreement's significance.
- Law has remained in custody since his May 2023 arrest west of Toronto and will face sentencing at a later date; his lawyer Matthew Gourlay and Ontario's Ministry of the Attorney General declined further comment.
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