{"id":142522,"date":"2023-08-29T12:25:34","date_gmt":"2023-08-29T12:25:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebritywshow.com\/?p=142522"},"modified":"2023-08-29T12:25:34","modified_gmt":"2023-08-29T12:25:34","slug":"father-warns-poison-by-post-is-still-available-on-sale-on-the-web","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebritywshow.com\/world-news\/father-warns-poison-by-post-is-still-available-on-sale-on-the-web\/","title":{"rendered":"Father warns &apos;poison by post&apos; is still available on sale on the web"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>Father of student, 22, who killed himself after taking &#8216;poison by post&#8217; he bought online warns the lethal product is still available on the web<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>David Parfett has warned others like Kenneth Law are still selling poison freely\u00a0<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>For confidential support call the Samaritans on 116123 or go to samaritans.org\u00a0<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The father of a student who took his own life after buying poison from a Canadian chef online has warned there are four others still selling the same killer substance.<\/p>\n<p>David Parfett&#8217;s son Tom died after taking the product bought from a website run by Kenneth Law, 57.<\/p>\n<p>He had found out about the poison after visiting another forum, which is also still live, and advertises ways to commit suicide.<\/p>\n<p>Law appeared in court last week in Canada charged twice with selling the lethal substances and UK\u00a0National Crime Agency is currently investigating his links to 88 deaths.<\/p>\n<p>But while the NCA investigation has been welcomed by Mr Parfett &#8211; whose son is among the 88 in the probe &#8211; has warned at least four other people are still selling the poison on the web.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking to MailOnline, Mr Parfett said: &#8216;There are at least four other Kenneth Law type figures still operating. One is in Mexico and the other in the Ukraine or Russia area.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/08\/29\/12\/74827009-12445535-David_Parfett_s_son_Tom_died_after_taking_the_product_bought_fro-a-2_1693309045119.jpg\" height=\"547\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>David Parfett&#8217;s son Tom died after taking the product bought from a website run by Kenneth Law, 57. He told MailOnline there were still other individuals online selling the killer substance<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/08\/29\/12\/74827019-12445535-Student_Tom_from_Maidenhead_in_Berkshire_took_his_own_life_aged_-a-2_1693308343645.jpg\" height=\"847\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Student Tom, from Maidenhead in Berkshire, took his own life aged 22 after buying the poison from Kenneth Law&#8217;s company<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;We need actions taken to save lives now. People are dying today because the site my son went on and other suppliers are still there.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;There are still people active online selling this same substance.<\/p>\n<h3>Timeline of identified UK deaths linked to Kenneth Law&#8217;s &#8216;poison by post&#8217;\u00a0<\/h3>\n<p><span>June 10, 2021<\/span>: Tom Windsor, 29<\/p>\n<p><span>October 13, 2012<\/span>: Michael Dunham, 38<\/p>\n<p><span>October 28, 2021<\/span>: Tom Parfett, 22<\/p>\n<p><span>April 8, 2022<\/span>: Neha Raju, 23<\/p>\n<p><span>July 3, 2022:<\/span> Gary Cooper, 41<\/p>\n<p><span>January 1, 2023<\/span>: Imogen Nunn, 25<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;There are other suppliers that are doing exactly the same thing.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;They are perhaps not as arrogant as he was, but they are on the same site and sell the same goods.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>The forum &#8211; while MailOnline has chosen not to identify &#8211; is still online and offering the same advice on how end lives.<\/p>\n<p>It popularised the method using the poison and has provided a sequence of steps for people to follow who decide to take it.<\/p>\n<p>The substance used was discovered by that forum, but is expected to become subject to stricter controls as its lethal nature has become apparent.<\/p>\n<p>Student Tom,\u00a0<span>from Maidenhead in Berkshire, took his own life aged 22 after buying it from Law&#8217;s company.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>He had found him through the same forum, where he had been told the method he should follow.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>On October 28, 2021, he checked into a Premier Inn in Sunbury-on-Thames, Surrey, where he was found dead by a member of staff after following the online suggestions.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>His father hopes more will be done to stop similar case, but warns there are other figures still essentially selling death to the vulnerable.<\/p>\n<p>Mr Parfett added: &#8216;This is a community that deliberately found this poison.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;They know that it&#8217;s going to become regulated to make it impossible to get in the quantities needed.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;So they are basically just concocting and searching for the next one.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/08\/29\/12\/74827005-12445535-Law_appeared_in_court_last_week_in_Canada_charged_twice_with_sel-a-3_1693308343648.jpg\" height=\"740\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Law appeared in court last week in Canada charged twice with selling the lethal substances and UK National Crime Agency is currently investigating his links to 88 deaths<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/08\/29\/12\/74717267-12445535-Member_of_the_Territorial_Army_Gary_Cooper_was_found_dead_in_his-a-5_1693308343650.jpg\" height=\"352\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Member of the Territorial Army Gary Cooper was found dead in his bedroom in Kendal by his father on July 3, 2022<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/08\/29\/12\/74717269-12445535-Imogen_Nunn_25_known_as_Deaf_Immy_on_the_social_media_platform_w-a-4_1693308343649.jpg\" height=\"872\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Imogen Nunn, 25 \u2013 known as Deaf Immy on the social media platform where she raised hearing and mental health issues \u2013 died in January after being sent the poison by Law<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;If nothing is done, sooner enough they are going to find it.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>MailOnline reported last week how 88 UK suicides were now formally linked\u00a0<span>Law.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>A list gathered by the International Criminal Police Organisation (more commonly known as Interpol)\u00a0containing details of his 232 British customers was handed to the NCA &#8211; dubbed Britain&#8217;s FBI\u00a0&#8211; who went on to establish how many had died.<\/p>\n<p>Music fan Tom Windsor, 29, is believed to be the first occurring death among the 88 being studied by the NCA.<\/p>\n<p>Mr Windsor had ordered the poison from Law&#8217;s website and it had arrived by post at his flat, where he took it on June 10, 2021.<\/p>\n<p>Member of the Territorial Army Gary Cooper was also found dead in his bedroom in Kendal by his father on July 3, 2022, after taking the substance.<\/p>\n<p>Then on January 1 this year\u00a0deaf British TikTok star Imogen Nunn, 25, took her own life after being sent a &#8216;suicide kit&#8217; by\u00a0Law.<\/p>\n<p>Ms Nunn &#8211; known as Deaf Immy on the social media platform &#8211; earned money through endorsement deals with companies who provide support within the deaf community.<\/p>\n<p>She found Law&#8217;s online business last year and it posted her the substance. The website has since been taken down.<\/p>\n<p>Her parents\u00a0Ray and Louise Nunn, of Bognor Regis, were devastated to be told by police, five months after her death on New Year&#8217;s Day, that a stranger may have helped her take her own life.<\/p>\n<p><span>For confidential support call the Samaritans on 116123 or go to samaritans.org\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/news\/article-12445535\/Father-student-killed-online-poison-warns-onsale.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read Full Article<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Father of student, 22, who killed himself after taking &#8216;poison by post&#8217; he bought online warns the lethal product is still available on the web&hellip; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":142521,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.8 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Father warns &amp;apos;poison by post&amp;apos; 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