anadian man to avoid murder trial with plea deal

A Canadian man accused of helping 14 people in the province of Ontario kill themselves by selling a legal but deadly substance online will avoid a murder trial by pleading guilty to lesser charges.
Kenneth Law, 60, will plead guilty to counseling or aiding suicide under a deal with Crown prosecutors that will see more serious first-degree murder charges withdrawn.
Law’s case is scheduled to return to court in Newmarket, Ontario, north of Toronto, on Monday.
His plea will be entered at a later date.
Ontario’s Ministry of the Attorney General didn’t immediately respond to a request for comment.
Law is facing 14 counts of first-degree murder and 14 counts of counseling or aiding suicide related to 14 victims, all Ontario residents between the ages of 16 and 36 who died by suicide.