Doctor's fake Covid shot leads to shocking 31-year prison term
A medical professional tried to kill his mothers partner using poison disguised as Covid vaccine. The elaborate scheme included fake NHS letters and a nurses costume‚ but ended in a three-decade jail term
In a disturbing misuse of medical knowledge‚ Thomas Kwan got 31-years and 5-months in prison for a calculated poison attack (that happened about 10 months ago)
The 53-year old GP created an elaborate scheme: sending phony NHS letters offering at-home covid shots to his mothers partner Patrick OHara. Kwan — dressed in a not-so-convincing nurses outfit — injected the 72-year old with dangerous chemicals
The attack left devastating results; the victim needed surgery to remove infected arm tissue and got PTSD. “Justice has been done“ OHara said after the court hearing
The motive was simple - money. Kwan didnt like his moms will that let OHara stay in her house if she died first. Police found lots of dangerous stuff in Kwans garage:
- Chemical weapon instructions on his PC
- Various toxic substances
- Info about making ricin
Mrs Justice Lambert talked about how this crime hurt peoples trust in doctors: “It was an audacious plan to murder a man in plain sight; you very nearly succeeded in your objective“
The investigation team used CCTV to track the fake-nurse back to a hotel then to his house in Ingleby Barwick. Even when OHara was fighting for his life‚ Kwan wouldnt tell doctors what poison he used — experts think it was iodomethane‚ a pesticide chemical
