Prosecutors said Thomas Kwan used his “encyclopedic knowledge” of poisons in his plot to kill Patrick O’Hara.
A British doctor on Monday admitted trying to kill his mother’s long-term partner, who stood between him and an inheritance, by injecting the man with poison disguised as a COVID-19 vaccine.
Prosecutors say Thomas Kwan pretended to be a community nurse delivering booster shots and injected Patrick O’Hara with a toxic substance, likely a pesticide. O’Hara, 72, was given a toxin which caused a “rare and life-threatening flesh-eating disease”, Newcastle Crown Court heard, the BBC reported.
Kwan, 53, initially denied attempted murder but changed his plea to guilty after prosecutors laid out their case at Newcastle Crown Court in northeast England.
Prosecutor Thomas Makepeace told the court that Kwan was a “respected and experienced” family doctor based in Sunderland, about 15 miles from Newcastle. The lawyer said Kwan used his “encyclopedic knowledge” of poisons in his plot to kill O’Hara, who was “a potential impediment to Mr.
