Miles Cross sentenced to 14 years in prison for selling the substance to four people via an online suicide forum
A man who sold a deadly chemical online to help people kill themselves has been jailed in what is believed to be the first case of its kind in the UK.
Miles Cross, 33, pleaded guilty to four counts of intentionally doing an act capable of encouraging or assisting suicide and was sentenced at Mold crown court on Wednesday to 14 years in prison.
The court heard Cross posted packages containing the unnamed fatal chemical to four people he met while posting anonymously in a suicide forum in August and September 2024. Two subsequently took their own lives using the substance, for which the defendant had charged £100.
Judge Rowlands praised what he described as a thorough investigation by North Wales police, which worked with Ofcom to close down UK access to the forum Cross used to search for victims. The force also consulted experts from the National Crime Agency, the NHS, and the charity Samaritans.
