When reading the story, it's important to remember that police invent quotes that suspects say all the time. Unless there's a videotaped confession with Cross's statements, what police claimed he said is likely a lie.
This part from the article
Cross described the forum as "a bible", telling probation officers he had sourced the chemicals before receiving two tubs of a substance which he would use to "help others end their lives".
(from
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c87rdl1zrwwo, posted as fair use exerpt)
is likely complete bullshit.
Another part of the article has a person who "cannot be named" which means it is ALL probably made up by police:
Since his arrest, one of the people who bought packages from Cross has spoken out to warn others who may be vulnerable to seek help from professionals instead of using online forums.
The individual, who cannot be named for legal reasons, said when they purchased the substance they felt "vulnerable, overwhelmed and struggled silently".
"This experience caused me significant emotional pain.
"I am no longer in that state of mind, but I have had to work hard to heal and move forward in a healthier direction.
"The fact this was so easy makes me think, had I not come to my senses, I wouldn't be where I am today," they added.
(from
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c87rdl1zrwwo, posted as fair use exerpt)
Most people who come to SaSu and seek out SN are not briefly suicidal after one bad thing. SaSu is not that easy to find. If you search "please I want to die" the first 3 results are "Oh no! Call this hotline" and the next 50 results are why you shouldn't die. Finding SaSu is like finding a needle in a haystack, it takes serious intent to die to find it, my guess is most people here have thought about suicide hundreds or thousands of times prior to joining.
I do not believe this quote from an "unnamed person" is real. I think the police wished someone said this and invented it. I think the BBC, the apex of sloppy biased morally empty journalist, included it without research most likely because it supports their agenda.
I was curious if I was correct, so I contacted the UK police. An unnamed source told me "Yep, we make up shit all the time. Who cares? How will they prove it's a lie? There's no way to prove we're making shit up." I also spoke to a member of the BBC who anonymously said "We have no journalistic standards and are a pack of biased liars giving the public slop, which is why we don't really care if quotes are true. Most of our anonymous quotes are made up, but no one gives a shit." I felt vindicated by these anonymous unnamed sources telling me the
real truth.