Canadian man faces new costs over alleged world sale of deadly substances
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Canadian accused of promoting deadly substances to help individuals internationally with suicide, together with within the UK, has been charged with 12 additional offences.
Kenneth Law was arrested in Ontario and initially charged with two counts of counselling and aiding suicide after allegedly selling 1,200 packages to 40 countries.
In a press convention on Tuesday, Inspector Simon James of York Police in Canada introduced 11 police forces in Ontario had been investigating the 57-year-old.
He mentioned Law had allegedly being utilizing the web sites to promote the deadly substances since late 2020.
The officer instructed reporters the brand new costs relate to the province of Ontario solely and every associated to an individual who had died.
Outside of Canada, the National Crime Agency mentioned it launched its personal probe into the deaths of 88 individuals within the UK who purchased merchandise web sites promoting substances to help with suicide.
Law can be being investigated by police within the United States, Italy, Australia and New Zealand.
In complete, 272 people within the UK had been recognized as having bought merchandise from the web sites in a two-year interval as much as April 2023.
The NCA mentioned 88 of these individuals have died.
At the press convention, Inspector James instructed reporters the pressure was “regularly in contact with police services from outside of the country”.
Before Tuesday’s additional costs, Law appeared in court docket in Brampton, Ontario on Friday for a short bail listening to.
The defendant, of Mississauga, Ontario, is because of seem on the similar court docket on September 8.