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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
National
Donna Ferguson

NCA investigating 88 UK deaths linked to Canadian ‘poison seller’

Kenneth Law
Kenneth Law was arrested and charged in Canada in May with two counts of counselling or aiding suicide. Photograph: Peel Regional Police

The UK’s National Crime Agency is conducting an investigation into the potential crimes committed by Kenneth Law, a Canadian chef, after linking him to 88 deaths in Britain.

In April, the NCA received intelligence suggesting a large number of people in the UK had bought substances to assist with suicide from Canada-based websites, after Law was caught supplying a lethal poison to suicidal people via a Canadian website.

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