In a case that has rocked Newcastle Crown Court, a 53-year-old man He was accused of disguising himself as a nurse to poison his mother’s partner in the middle of a succession dispute.
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According to BBC reports, Thomas Kwan, He adopted the identity of a community nurse called Raj Patel and made a house call where he injected poison into the veins of 71-year-old Patrick O’Hara.
Kwan, who appeared with fake hair and beard, gloves, mask and sunglasses, pretended to give O’Hara a booster dose of the Covid-19 vaccine. Before the attack, the defendant sent false letters from the NHS to schedule the visit, increasing the credibility of his deception.
The conflict arose when Wai King, Kwan’s mother, decided to leave her property in Newcastle to O’Hara, her partner of more than two decades.
The defendant checked in at a nearby hotel under a false name the day before the incident and, during the visit, adopted an Asian English accent, completed a medical questionnaire and took the victim’s blood pressure. After injecting the poison, O’Hara experienced intense pain and Kwan hastily left the scene.
A GP wore a disguise and poisoned his mother’s partner in a row over inheritance, a court has heard.
Thomas Kwan is accused in the ‘intricate’ plot, with prosecutors saying he crafted a fake ID and injected the man with a fake Covid booster. pic.twitter.com/q72zE9E06y
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Wai King’s quick suspicion was crucial, as he recognized the fake nurse’s height as that of his son and alerted the authorities. O’Hara developed necrotizing fasciitis, a rare flesh-eating disease, and came close to death. He underwent urgent surgery where large portions of his arm affected by the toxin were removed, the identity of which has not yet been confirmed by doctors.
In his statement to the police, Kwan admitted to injecting a noxious substance, but denied any intent to kill, claiming that their goal was to cause only “mild pain and discomfort.”
However, prosecutor Peter Makepeace described Kwan as a “respected and experienced” general practitioner, with in-depth knowledge of toxins. Additionally, it was revealed that Kwan had researched toxic substances on the internet and devised an alternative plan that included shipping poisoned food through a fictitious charity.
GP accused of ‘disguising himself to try and murder mother’s partner with fake Covid jab’
Thomas Kwan, 53, a partner at a surgery in Sunderland, was seen in CCTV footage arriving at a Premier Inn in Newcastle donning a hat, tinted spectacles, gloves and a mask on January 22. pic.twitter.com/is798TUau3
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The case also revealed that Kwan had installed spyware on his mother’s computer to monitor the couple and had placed cameras to observe their movements inside the house. This premeditated and meticulously planned act reveals Kwan’s “obsession” with controlling the anticipated inheritance that, according to the will, would not pass to Wai King’s children until after O’Hara’s death.
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