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Kenneth Law appears in court in Brampton, Ont., on May 3, 2023 in an artist's sketch. Law, accused of selling a lethal substance to people at risk of self-harm, is expected to have the murder charges against him withdrawn on Friday as he pleads guilty to the lesser charge of aiding suicide. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Alexandra Newbould
By The Canadian Press

CP NewsAlert: Kenneth Law pleads guilty to 14 counts of aiding suicide

May 29, 2026 | 2:00 AM

NEWMARKET — An Ontario man accused of selling deadly substances online to people at risk of self-harm has pleaded guilty to 14 counts of aiding suicide.

Kenneth Law entered the pleas in a Newmarket, Ont., court this morning.

Law was scheduled to stand trial last month on these charges as well as 14 of first-degree murder but his defence lawyer, Matthew Gourlay, indicated that the murder charges would be withdrawn and his client would instead plead guilty to the lesser charges.

Court heard today that the Crown plans to withdraw the murder charges after Law is sentenced. A sentencing hearing is expected to take place this fall.

Police have alleged Law ran several websites that were used to sell sodium nitrite and other items that can be used for self-harm, shipping some 1,200 packages to people in more than 40 countries.

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They have alleged roughly 160 of those packages were sent to addresses in Canada.

All charges against him related to the same 14 people across Ontario, who were between the ages of 16 and 36.

More coming.

This report by The Canadian Press was first published May 29, 2026.

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by The Canadian Press

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