A doctor agrees to use a disguise to try to kill his mother’s partner with poison – National
A British doctor has pleaded guilty to unsuccessfully trying to kill his mother’s partner with a fake COVID-19 injection, planting contraband and falsifying medical documents in the process.
Kwan, 53, admitted in a UK court on Monday that he tried to kill Patrick O’Hara with a poison that causes “a rare and life-threatening flesh-eating disease.” The incident took place at the deceased’s home in Newcastle on January 22 and was following an inheritance dispute.
According to the Crown Prosecution Service (CPS), Kwan’s elaborate scheme began in November last year, when he composed a letter to his victim, saying O’Hara’s age made her eligible for a nurse to visit her home. shared with Kwan’s mother.
“This was followed by another letter, which states that he has been appointed as a member of the nursing team. The nursing home team itself was a work of fiction, created by Kwan to carry out his scheme,” CPS wrote in a press release.
When it came time for the appointment, Kwan appeared in disguise – a thick, black wig layered over his close-cropped hair, with a fake mustache and poker-matched beard.
Thomas Kwan in his greatest disguise.
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Prosecutor Peter Makepeace, reported Reuters, told the jury on the first day of the trial, last Thursday: “Sometimes, sometimes, maybe, truth is stranger than fiction.”
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He said Kwan is worried about his mother’s will, which states that her house will be inherited by O’Hara if she is still alive when her mother dies.
“Mr. “Kwan used his encyclopedic knowledge and toxicological research to create his plan,” said Makepeace.
“That plan was to pretend to be a public nurse, to attend Mr. O’Hara, the house where he lives with the defendant’s mother, and injected him with a dangerous poison for the reason of injecting him with a Covid booster.”
Makepeace said Kwan also used a car with fake number plates and disguised himself in head-to-toe protective clothing, tinted goggles and a surgical mask to visit the home in Newcastle.
“As I suspect, are there any of us, Mr. “O’Hara fell hook, line and sinker,” said the prosecutor.
The next day, O’Hara became ill, experiencing pain and blisters on her arm that prompted her to go to the hospital. It was there that he was diagnosed with necrotizing fasciitis and doctors amputated part of his arm. He spent several weeks recovering in the intensive care unit.
He said what Kwan injected into O’Hara is still unknown, although prosecutors suspect it was a pesticide.
Christopher Atkinson of the CPS said Kwan refused to identify the poison, “allowing the victim’s life to get worse.”
“Although the attempt to kill his victim was not successful, the results were still catastrophic,” he said.
Two days into the trial, Kwan was arrested. The police said they found a “poison book” and a letter about the direction of the murder investigation on his computer.
Kwan will face sentencing in the future.
– in files from Reuters and the Associated Press
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