Canadian man linked to more than 100 deaths won’t be extradited, family demands investigation | World News
A Canadian man accused of supplying a deadly substance that killed more than 100 people in the UK will not be extradited to the UK to face prosecution.Kenneth Law, 60, is currently facing criminal proceedings in Canada and is expected to appear in court in Ontario on Friday. He was charged with assisting suicide for allegedly distributing packages containing the deadly substance to customers in dozens of countries.The National Crime Agency linked Law’s alleged operations to 112 deaths in the UK after tracking 286 people who received packages from websites selling substances related to assisted suicide, Sky News reported.Investigators found that 330 products were shipped to the UK. Law is accused of shipping approximately 1,200 packages to customers in 40 countries.The NCA and the Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) informed Law’s family this week that they would not seek Law’s extradition following the conclusion of the Canadian proceedings.In a letter to the family, the agencies said they agreed to sentence all of Law’s alleged crimes in Canada through a single legal process. “After careful evaluation, we agree that Mr. Law should be sentenced for all of his criminal conduct in one sentencing proceeding in Canada,” the letter said.The authority acknowledged that some families had wanted to pursue separate prosecutions in England and Wales but said the decision had been taken after detailed consideration of all available options.The move prompted renewed calls for a public inquiry from relatives of the deceased.Adele Zeynep Walton’s sister Aimee Walton died in Southampton in 2022 at the age of 21. She said the family was still waiting for answers about how the substances reached vulnerable people in the UK.Sky News quoted her as saying: “A foreign sentencing hearing cannot answer that question. Only a statutory public inquiry can answer that question.”Authorities in the United States, Italy, Australia and New Zealand are also investigating the law as law enforcement agencies examine the international reach of the alleged scheme.
