The doctor initially denied attempted murder, but changed his testimony in court.
A British doctor has admitted that he tried to kill his mother's partner over a conflict over an inheritance by injecting him with poison under the guise of a vaccine from COVID-19.
The BBC writes about this.
Prosecutors claim that Thomas Kwan pretended to be a nurse who administers vaccinations and injected Patrick O'Hari with a toxic substance. The 71-year-old was left with a rare disease that eats away at his body and had to have part of his arm removed.
Kwan, 53, initially denied attempted murder but changed his mind and pleaded guilty after prosecutors laid out their case at Newcastle Crown Court.
Prosecutor Thomas Makepeace told the court that Kwan was a “respected and experienced” family doctor in Sunderland, 15 miles from Newcastle. He used his “encyclopedic knowledge” of poisons to kill Patrick O'Hara because he was a “potential obstacle to his mother's legacy.”
Kwan's mother, Jenny Leung, lived with O'Hara for 20 years. She made a will that her Newcastle home would pass to O'Hara upon her death, and only to her children upon O'Hara's death.
To get rid of the “obstacle,” Kwan, according to the prosecutor, devised “an audacious plan that goes beyond any fantasy.” He sent his victim a letter purporting to be from the NHS, telling them he would be visiting them for a medical check and COVID-19 vaccination.
The man faked documents and car number plates, donned protective clothing, a wig, sunglasses and a surgical mask and travelled to Newcastle, where O'Hara lived with Kwan's mother.
After receiving the injection, O'Hara felt “terrible pain” but the “male nurse” did not react and quickly left, the court heard.
O'Hara's condition worsened so much that he had to be taken to hospital, where he He was diagnosed with necrotizing fasciitis and had part of his arm removed.
The victim became suspicious when Jenny Leung said the nurse was the same height as her son.
The attacker, who was revealed in court to have an “obsession” with poisons, never revealed what exactly he injected his victim with. But when his home was searched, they found a large quantity of chemicals and toxins, as well as books and manuals on how to make and use poisons.
The investigation concluded that it was most likely a pesticide called iodomethane, which had never been used on humans before.
The court heard that Kwan also installed spyware on his mother's computer to monitor the couple's activities and take pictures of them with the built-in camera.
The doctor also admitted injecting Hari with the harmful substance, but initially insisted that he only wanted to cause him “pain and discomfort.” However, after prosecutors presented their case, he changed his mind and pleaded guilty.
The defence said Kwan knew prison was “inevitable” and wanted to be sentenced as soon as possible.
The judge said the offender faced a “significant prison term”. The sentence will be handed down after the probation service prepares a report.
Kwan “thought he had covered his tracks”, but investigators were able to arrest him just two days after the crime, and the amount of evidence against him was “staggering”, said DI Jason Henry, who handled Kwan's case. He added that the victim O'Hara courageously went through a “terrible ordeal” that, unfortunately, changed his life forever.
Recall that in Kiev, a man killed a woman with whom he had lived for 15 years, for the sake of an apartment and a car.
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