LONDON — A British doctor was on Wednesday (Nov 6) jailed for more than 31 years for an audacious but unsuccessful plot to kill his mother's partner with a fake Covid-19 vaccine, which involved him forging medical documents and dressing in disguise to poison his victim. Thomas Kwan, 53, passed himself off as a nurse and even took his own...
Thomas Kwan, 53, a British doctor who pleaded guilty to the attempted murder of his mother's partner, Patrick O'Hara, with a fake COVID-19 vaccine, is seen in this undated handout image obtained by Reuters on Oct 7, 2024.LONDON — A British doctor was on Wednesday jailed for more than 31 years for an audacious but unsuccessful plot to kill his mother's partner with a fake Covid-19 vaccine, which involved him forging medical documents and dressing in disguise to poison his victim.
Kwan, a family doctor in Sunderland, pleaded guilty to attempted murder last month shortly after his trial began at Newcastle Crown Court. He had previously admitted a charge of administering a noxious substance. Britain's Crown Prosecution Service said in a statement after the sentencing that O'Hara was injected with "an as-yet unconfirmed toxin".Prosecutor Peter Makepeace told jurors on the first day of Kwan's trial: "Sometimes, occasionally perhaps, the truth really is stranger than fiction."
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