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Canadian accused of selling lethal chemical online pleads guilty to aiding suicide

By Ryan Patrick Jones Reuters
An Ontario Provincial Police offender transport vehicle arrives at the Superior Court of Justice, on the day when Kenneth Law, accused of selling lethal substances to people who later took their own lives, is expected to plead guilty to 14 counts of aiding suicide, in Newmarket, Ontario, Canada May 29, 2026. REUTERS/Carlos Osorio
An Ontario Provincial Police offender transport vehicle arrives at the Superior Court of Justice, on the day when Kenneth Law, accused of selling lethal substances to people who later took their own lives, is expected to plead guilty to 14 counts of aiding suicide, in Newmarket, Ontario, Canada May 29, 2026. REUTERS/Carlos Osorio Carlos Osorio Reuters

TORONTO - A Canadian man accused of selling a legal but potentially deadly chemical online to people who took their own lives pleaded guilty on Friday to aiding suicide.

Kenneth Law, 60, entered the plea on Friday at the Ontario Superior Court of Justice in Newmarket, Ontario, north of Toronto. He was facing 14 counts each of first-degree murder and counselling or aiding suicide related to 14 Ontario residents, aged 16 to 36, who died by suicide.

Law's lawyer, Matthew Gourlay, told Reuters last month Law would plead guilty to aiding suicide charges under an agreement with Ontario prosecutors that would see the murder charges withdrawn.

The agreement would allow Law to avoid a high-profile murder trial. He will be sentenced at a later date.

Gourlay has declined to comment further on the case.

(Reporting by Ryan Patrick Jones in Toronto; Editing by Caroline Stauffer and Edmund Klamann)

An Ontario Provincial Police offender transport vehicle arrives at the Superior Court of Justice, on the day when Kenneth Law, accused of selling lethal substances to people who later took their own lives, is expected to plead guilty to 14 counts of aiding suicide, in Newmarket, Ontario, Canada May 29, 2026. REUTERS/Carlos Osorio
An Ontario Provincial Police offender transport vehicle arrives at the Superior Court of Justice, on the day when Kenneth Law, accused of selling lethal substances to people who later took their own lives, is expected to plead guilty to 14 counts of aiding suicide, in Newmarket, Ontario, Canada May 29, 2026. REUTERS/Carlos Osorio Carlos Osorio Reuters

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This story was originally published May 29, 2026 at 10:25 AM.

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