'We are living a constant nightmare,' mother of poison seller victim tells hearing
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Danielle Cornish died after taking poison sold by Canadian Kenneth Law The mother of a British victim of poison seller Kenneth Law has said his death and the way that he died had "destroyed" their family.
丹妮尔·考尼什 (Danielle Cornish) 服用加拿大人肯尼思·劳 (Kenneth Law) 出售的毒药后死亡 一名英国毒贩肯尼思·劳受害者的母亲表示，他的死以及他的死亡方式“摧毁了”他们的家庭。
Tanya Whitaker broke down at the start of her video statement about the death of her son, Samuel, shown on the second day of a four-day sentencing hearing of Law in Ontario, saying: "He barely had a chance."
在安大略省举行的为期四天的法律量刑听证会的第二天，坦尼娅·惠特克 (Tanya Whitaker) 在她关于儿子塞缪尔之死的视频声明一开始就崩溃了，她说：“他几乎没有机会。”
The University of Warwick student was found collapsed outside his halls after taking poison sold by Law, who has admitted 14 counts of aiding suicide in Canada.
这名华威大学的学生在服用劳出售的毒药后被发现倒在了宿舍外，劳承认了在加拿大协助自杀的 14 项罪名。
British authorities have confirmed 79 UK victims also died after using his products. Debbie Cornish echoed Whitaker's sentiments, telling the hearing that her family was "still fighting" to stay together years on from her daughter Danielle's death.
英国当局已确认 79 名英国受害者也在使用其产品后死亡。 黛比·考尼什（Debbie Cornish）呼应了惠特克的观点，她在听证会上表示，在女儿丹妮尔（Danielle）去世多年后，她的家人“仍在努力”维持在一起。
A plea deal with Canadian authorities means Law will not face charges in the UK or over any British deaths, but impact statements from their families are being read this week.
与加拿大当局达成的认罪协议意味着劳不会在英国或因任何英国人死亡而面临指控，但本周将宣读其家人的影响声明。
"The enormity of losing a child is catastrophic," Whitaker told a Canadian court on Thursday.
“失去孩子的严重性是灾难性的，”惠特克周四对加拿大法院表示。
"Samuel was just 19 when he was handed the tools that ended his precious life." She continued: "It has broken me completely and utterly.
“当塞缪尔得到工具时，他才 19 岁，结束了他宝贵的生命。” 她继续说道：“这让我彻底崩溃了。
It has broken us as a family and me as a mother. "Our son died alone at university 100 miles away from his family.
它破坏了我们作为一个家庭和我作为一个母亲。 “我们的儿子在离家人 100 英里的大学里孤独地去世了。
We will never be able to forgive ourselves for this happening." Samuel Whitaker's mother said his death had broken her "completely and utterly" Whitaker said Samuel had been the only biological son of her husband, Paul.
我们永远无法原谅自己发生这样的事。” 塞缪尔·惠特克的母亲表示，他的死让她“彻底彻底”崩溃 惠特克说塞缪尔是她丈夫保罗唯一的亲生儿子。
"He is a shell of himself today.
“今天他只是一个空壳。
Broken and devastated beyond repair," she added.
破碎和破坏无法修复，”她补充道。
Cornish, the mother of British victim Danielle, spoke of her anguish in a written statement, in which she referred to Law only by the initials KL. "Words on paper can't even begin to describe the painful loss of our amazing daughter," she said.
英国受害者丹妮尔的母亲康尼什在一份书面声明中谈到了她的痛苦，在声明中她只用缩写 KL 来称呼劳。 “纸上的文字甚至无法描述失去我们了不起的女儿的痛苦，”她说。
"Nothing will be the same ever again as we are part of a surreal nightmare.
“一切都不会再一样了，因为我们陷入了一场超现实的噩梦。
"Nearly four years on, we are still fighting to keep our family together... not to mention the constant thoughts of how she may have died.
“近四年过去了，我们仍在努力让我们的家人团聚……更不用说不断想到她可能是如何去世的。
"KL has changed the life of many many families all across the world as well as ours.
“吉隆坡改变了世界各地许多家庭以及我们的生活。
We are living a constant nightmare."
我们正生活在一场持续不断的噩梦中。”
Authorities say Law, a former chef, sold about 1,200 packages of toxic substances to recipients from 40 different countries he met in online suicide forums. Roughly a quarter of the packages were sent to the UK.
当局称，曾担任厨师的劳向他在在线自杀论坛上认识的来自 40 个不同国家的接收者出售了约 1,200 包有毒物质。 大约四分之一的包裹被寄往英国。
He was arrested in May 2023, following a complex investigation by at least 11 law-enforcement agencies that involved investigators from around a dozen countries, including the UK, Italy and the US. Law, a former chef, sold about 1,200 packages of toxic substances to recipients whom he met in online suicide forums The court also heard a statement from Faith George, the mother of Faith Ike-Elechi, who referred to her daughter by the nickname Chimma.
经过至少 11 个执法机构的复杂调查，他于 2023 年 5 月被捕，调查人员来自英国、意大利和美国等十几个国家。 罗曾是一名厨师，他向他在在线自杀论坛上认识的接受者出售了约 1,200 包有毒物质 法庭还听取了费思·艾克-埃莱奇 (Faith Ike-Elechi) 的母亲费思·乔治 (Faith George) 的一份声明，她用绰号 Chimma 来称呼她的女儿。
She found her daughter helpless on the floor after she had taken the poison, and said her last works "echo in my mind every day".
她发现女儿服毒后无助地躺在地板上，并说她最后的作品“每天都在我的脑海中回响”。
She said if she were able to speak to her daughter again she would tell her she had never stopped being proud of her.
她说，如果她能再次与女儿交谈，她会告诉她，她从未停止为她感到骄傲。
Maurice Dunham, father of British victim Michael Dunham, said the last time he saw his son alive was on a family holiday to Croatia that Michael had left early to return home.
英国受害者迈克尔·邓纳姆 (Michael Dunham) 的父亲莫里斯·邓纳姆 (Maurice Dunham) 表示，他最后一次看到儿子活着是在全家去克罗地亚度假时，迈克尔提前离开了家。
"The last conversation I had with him was an argument," he said in a written statement.
“我与他的最后一次谈话是一场争论，”他在一份书面声明中说。
Maurice returned home days later and discovered Michael was dead.
几天后莫里斯回到家，发现迈克尔已经死了。
"The feeling I had was like an electric shock going through me," he wrote.
“我的感觉就像触电一样，”他写道。
"I blamed myself for not stopping Michael from leaving the hotel room.
“我责怪自己没有阻止迈克尔离开酒店房间。
"I planned to take my own life.
“我打算结束自己的生命。
I didn't care if I lived or died." Later, the court heard the words of the mother of Yeanu Mistry, who said hearing he had died was "the news every parent fears".
我不在乎我是死是活。” 随后，法庭听取了亚努·米斯特里母亲的说法，她说听到他的死讯是“每个父母都担心的消息”。
And Maureen Cooper, the mother of poison victim Gary Cooper, called the pain of losing her son "unbearable". "A death such as this is the thing of nightmares," her written statement said.
中毒受害者加里·库珀的母亲莫琳·库珀称失去儿子的痛苦“难以忍受”。 她在书面声明中说：“这样的死亡简直就是噩梦。”
Aimee Walton died with a stranger by her side who had flown from the US Aimee Louise Elif Walton, from Southampton, died in "the company of a stranger [she] met online", her sister told the court.
艾米·沃尔顿去世时，身边有一名从美国飞来的陌生人 来自南安普敦的艾米·路易丝·埃利夫·沃尔顿的姐姐告诉法庭，她是在“她在网上认识的一个陌生人的陪伴下”去世的。
Adele Zeynep Walton said in a video played at the hearing that someone from a suicide forum had flown from the US and stayed with her in a hotel room for the 11 days leading up to her death.
阿黛尔·泽内普·沃尔顿 (Adele Zeynep Walton) 在听证会上播放的一段视频中表示，自杀论坛上的一个人从美国飞来，在她去世前的 11 天里一直在酒店房间里陪着她。
"She died in a strange place, in a strange city, in the company of a stranger," her sister said.
“她死在一个陌生的地方，一个陌生的城市，在一个陌生人的陪伴下，”她的姐姐说。
"You only need to listen to the recording of the emergency call to know how much she suffered during the last moments of her life."
“你只要听一下紧急电话的录音，就知道她在生命的最后时刻承受了多少痛苦。”
On Wednesday, the court heard from a British survivor who was given an antidote that saved her after taking poison from Law.
周三，法庭听取了一名英国幸存者的陈述，她在服下劳的毒药后得到了解毒剂。
Elisabeth Belien told the court: "I feel guilty for surviving.
伊丽莎白·贝利恩告诉法庭：“我为自己的幸存感到内疚。
Although I survived, it has also impacted my loved ones.
虽然我活了下来，但也影响了我的亲人。
I feel like my vulnerability was exploited.
我觉得我的弱点被利用了。
I still feel a lot of shame about what happened."
我仍然对所发生的事情感到非常羞耻。”
UK survivor of Canadian poison seller says he exploited her despair
加拿大毒贩的英国幸存者称他利用了她的绝望
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