A Canadian chef has claimed to be doing “God’s work” by supplying suicidal young Britons with lethal poison. Kenneth Law has been sending the dangerous substance out of a post office in Toronto for the last two years, a new investigation has revealed.

An investigation into Law by The Times claims up to seven deaths – four of which were in the UK – are linked to the chef, whose website is designed to fool any authorities looking into it.

He claims to have sent the product to “hundreds” of UK addresses.

When he spoke to an undercover reporter from the outlet, who was posing as a suicidal buyer, Law told him how to take the substance, boasting that he was doing “God’s work”.

David Parfett, from Maidenhead, Berkshire, whose son Tom, 22, took his own life after buying the poison from Law’s company, said: “I think he’s the man that effectively handed a loaded gun to my son. I believe my son would still be alive if it wasn’t for this man and this substance.”

In Britain, Mr Parfett, Michael Dunham, 38, Neha Raju, 23, and a 21-year-old student have all died in the past 18 months after buying products from Law’s company.

Assisted suicide is illegal in the UK and Canada. It is punishable by up to 14 years in prison in both countries.

Both UK police and coroners have reportedly contacted Law about the claim that his poison was being used for suicide.

But this has not stopped him from selling it.

During a half-hour phone call with the undercover reporter, Law named Britons as some of his most “frequent buyers”, and said he had had “many, many customers in the UK who have purchased it.”

The chef said he came up with idea after witnessing his mother “suffer greatly” following a stroke.

He said she was fed through a tube to her stomach for over seven years, which was “very painful to witness.”

Law has reportedly been employed in a Toronto hotel as a cook since 2016, although previously worked as an aerospace engineer.

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He said of his poison-selling business: “People might not consider what I do as being very favourable or in fact even criminal. But I think it is helpful for a small, very narrow group of people who really need an avenue like this, because simply the laws of our society don’t permit it.”

The substances is “reportable” rather than regulated under the Poisons Act in the UK, meaning retailers must alert the authorities if it is suspected to have been bought to cause harm.

When later confronted about his actions, Law said: “They are committing suicide themselves. I’m not doing anything. I’m just selling a product. I’m not assisting. It’s your choice. I’m not forcing you to buy anything. Perhaps you may want to stop people buying knives and guns.”

Ontario Police have launched an investigation into Law, a spokesman said, and his website has been taken down.

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