Court hears emotional victim impact statements at Kenneth Law's sentencing hearing
Court is hearing 74 victim impact statements as prosecutors seek a sentence for the former Mississauga chef who pleaded guilty to aiding suicide.
- The sentencing hearing for Kenneth Law, a 61-year-old former engineer from Mississauga, began Wednesday in Newmarket, Ontario, with the court set to hear 74 victim impact statements.
- Law pleaded guilty in May to aiding 14 suicides in Ontario and admitted to involvement in 79 deaths in the United Kingdom, where Britain agreed to address offenses through the Canadian court process.
- Grieving relatives, including Stephen Mitchell, confronted Law in court, describing how his online sales of toxic products robbed them of loved ones during vulnerable periods of their lives.
- Law claimed he was "helping people to alleviate their suffering while making a small modest profit," yet families described being deprived of loved ones who were on the cusp of recovery from depression.
- Crown and defence lawyers are presenting sentencing arguments as proceedings near a close; those struggling with suicidal thoughts can reach Canada's 24/7 helpline at 988.
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Excerpts from statements made by relatives of Kenneth Law’s victims
A Newmarket, Ont., court is hearing from loved ones of people who took their own lives using products purchased from Kenneth Law. More than 70 victim impact statements are set to be presented at a sentencing hearing for Law, who has pleaded guilty to ...
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Friends and families react after reading their victim impact statements in a Newmarket, Ont., courthouse during the sentencing of Kenneth Law, who pleaded guilty in May to 14 counts of counselling suicide in Ontario.
‘I couldn’t save my daughter’: victim impact statements heard at Kenneth Law’s sentencing
Friends and relatives of those who took their own lives using items bought online from Kenneth Law are laying bare their loss in court as the Ontario man linked to dozens of deaths worldwide faces a sentencing hearing.
Court hears emotional victim impact statements at Kenneth Law's sentencing hearing
Friends and relatives of those who took their own lives using items bought online from Kenneth Law are laying bare their loss in court as the Ontario man linked to dozens of deaths worldwide faces a sentencing hearing.
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