Kenneth Law pleads guilty to aiding suicides
Kenneth Law has pleaded guilty to charges related to aiding multiple suicides by shipping toxic substances. In a court appearance, he admitted to selling deadly products to 14 individuals, including minors, who died in Ontario from 2021 to 2023. This marks the first acknowledgment of criminal wrongdoing by Law in connection with these cases.
- ▪Kenneth Law pleaded guilty in a Toronto-area court to charges of operating a business that shipped toxic substances.
- ▪He admitted to selling lethal products to 14 people, including two minors, who died in Ontario.
- ▪This is the first time Law has acknowledged his criminal actions related to aiding suicides.
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Open this photo in gallery:Kenneth Law appears in court in Brampton, Ont., earlier in May. The Ontario man entered his guilty pleas on Friday at a court in Newmarket.Alexandra Newbould/The Canadian PressShareSave for laterPlease log in to bookmark this story.Log InCreate Free AccountKenneth Law has pleaded guilty in a Toronto-area court Friday to charges that he operated a business shipping toxic substances to people in Ontario, aiding in multiple suicide deaths.“I plead guilty,” Mr. Law said several times to Ontario Superior Court Justice Michelle Fuerst in Newmarket. Mr. Law, 60, made his remarks as a court clerk started to read charges he sold deadly products to 14 people, including two minors, who died in Ontario between 2021 and 2023.
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