Canada man charged with supplying substance linked to UK and US suicides

Kenneth Law, 57, arrested in Ontario following allegations he sold lethal substance to people in dozens of countries

Police in Canada have laid charges against an Ontario man following allegations he sold a lethal substance to people in dozens of countries, including four people who killed themselves in Britain and one in the United States.

Kenneth Law, 57, is due to appear in court on Wednesday after Peel regional police charged him with two counts of counselling or aiding suicide on Tuesday in relation to Canadian adults.

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