88 UK Deaths Linked To Canada ‘Poison Seller

Eighty-eight people in the UK died after buying a poisonous substance from a seller in Canada, the National Crime Agency (NCA) has said.

The NCA says it cannot confirm the chemical was the direct cause of the deaths in the UK but is investigating potential criminal offences.

British police have been making welfare visits to hundreds of addresses to trace buyers across the country.

Kenneth Law was arrested in May and is accused of assisting suicide in Canada.
Mr Law, 57, is thought to have run a number of websites selling equipment to assist suicide.

The NCA, which was coordinating the checks, said that 232 people in the UK had been identified as buying from Mr Law over a two-year period.

The agency says 88 of them later died but it could not confirm a direct link with the death.

NCA deputy director Craig Turner said: “Our deepest sympathies are with the loved ones of those who have died. They are being supported by specially trained officers from police forces.

BBC