'Online poison seller' sparks further debate into internet safety

The National Crime Agency is investigating the deaths of 88 people in the UK who bought substances from Canadian websites targeted at suicidal individuals.

The move comes months after Canadian police arrested Kenneth Law, who is said to have run the sites, and charged him with two counts of counselling and aiding suicide in the country.

British police last year reached out to Kenneth Law regarding the suicide of Tom Parfett but investigators declined to pursue charges at the time.

Parfett, 22, died in Sunbury-on-Thames, Surrey, in October 2021 after taking the chemical, which is the same as the one allegedly sold by Law.

Read more: https://news.sky.com/story/kenneth-law-what-we-know-about-online-poison-seller-and-the-88-deaths-being-investigated-12947282

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