Canadian poison peddler facing multiple murder counts

Kenneth Law, the Canadian man accused of selling a poisonous chemical over the internet to suicidal individuals, has been charged with 14 counts of 2nd degree murder. He was previously charged with aiding suicide in relation to the deaths of people who had allegedly purchased the chemical from him. 

Law's attorney has stated his client intends to plead not guilty to all charges. 

Canadian detectives said Law had run a number of websites offering equipment and substances to help people end their lives, and believe he may have sent more than 1,200 parcels containing lethal substances to around 40 countries.

Police in the UK have linked Law to at least 90 deaths so far. 

The chemical Law was selling is purported to be sodium nitrite, and archived pages of one of the sites Law sold through shows it offering sodium nitrate at more than 99 per cent purity, with label saying “food grade," a level that would be quickly lethal.