Canadian Kenneth Lowe pleaded guilty to dozens of counts of assisting suicide. He sold over the Internet and sent packages of poisons containing instructions around the world, which were ordered in potential suicide cases. This was reported by The Guardian on Friday, May 29.
Lowe admitted assisting in the suicides of 14 Canadians aged between 16 and 36, as well as 79 Britons, after announcing he would not be extradited to the UK. He was arrested in 2023. According to police, he has been selling poison kits through his websites since 2020. In total, he sent more than 1.2 thousand kits to customers from 41 countries, including Italy, the United States and Australia. Police are aware of at least 286 cases of poison being sold to UK citizens, resulting in at least 112 deaths.
Lowe will be sentenced in September. Under the provision relating to assisting suicide, he faces up to 14 years in prison, the statement said. material.
In April, unknown persons planted boxes of poison on the body of a Moscow pensioner. This happened after the woman got into a fight over an apartment.