Thomas Kwan, 53, passed himself off as a nurse before administering poison to his mother's then partner
A British doctor was on Wednesday sentenced to more than 31 years in prison for an audacious but unsuccessful plot to kill his mother's partner with a fake COVID-19 vaccine.
The plot 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 mother's blood pressure before administering poison to her then partner Patrick O'Hara in Newcastle, northern England.
Mr. O'Hara survived but suffered from necrotizing fasciitis, a potentially fatal flesh-eating bacterial infection, after receiving the jab.
He also underwent multiple operations.
Mr. 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.
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