Top Stories | Canadian who sold lethal chemical online pleads guilty to aiding suicides AI generated summary, Read the full article for complete information. Kenneth Law, a 60‑year‑old Canadian who ran four online stores selling sodium nitrite—a legal food‑preservative that can be lethal in high doses—pleaded guilty in an Ontario court to aiding the suicides of 14 residents after shipping 1,209 packages of the chemical and related items to customers in 41 countries, including the United Kingdom, the United States and Canada, between January 2021 and April 2023. The shipments, which generated roughly C$296,000 in revenue, were used by dozens of people to end their lives, with 79 deaths linked to his sales in Britain alone. Law’s guilty plea avoided a potential first‑degree‑murder trial, and he faces a sentencing in September that could carry up to 14 years in prison under Canada’s counseling‑or‑aiding‑suicide provisions. Read more: https://www.sbs.com.au/news/article/canadian-who-sold-lethal-chemical-online-pleads-guilty-to-aiding-suicides/06v3a9grt #KennethLaw #Shopify #PayPal #OntarioCourt #Crown