Who is Kenneth Law? What we know as police worldwide investigate Canadian man
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Kenneth Law, 57, is being investigating by several police forces worldwide for allegedly selling a lethal substance online to those at risk of self-harm.
Several police forces worldwide are investigating deaths allegedly linked to a Canadian man accused of selling a lethal substance online to those at risk of self-harm.
Investigators have said Kenneth Law is accused of sending at least 1,200 packages to people in more than 40 countries, including Canada, the United Kingdom, the United States, Australia, New Zealand and Italy.
Law faces 14 charges in Canada alone, and investigations within the country and around the world are ongoing.
Here is what we know so far.
Law is a 57-year-old former chef who lives in Mississauga, Ont., which is adjacent to Toronto.
The story begins in October 2022, when a U.K. coroner’s report, which was looking into the April death by suicide of a woman in Surrey, listed a postal box in Mississauga and website linked to a Canadian man.
Fast-forward to this March, Peel Regional Police, which police the regions of Mississauga and neighbouring Brampton, Ont., announced an investigation into the sudden death of a resident believed to have consumed a chemical substance.
The following month, the Times of London published an investigation into Law. He was arrested and charged by Peel Regional Police in May.