GP admits attempted murder bid

A BRITISH doctor has admitted trying to kill his mother's long-term partner, who stood between him and an inheritance, by injecting the man with poison disguised as a Covid-19 vaccine.

Prosecutors say Thomas Kwan pretended to be a community nurse delivering booster shots and injected Patrick O'Hara with a toxic substance, likely a pesticide.

O'Hara, 72, developed a rare flesheating disease that left him in intensive care.

Kwan, 53, initially denied attempted murder but changed his plea to guilty after prosecutors laid out their case at Newcastle Crown Court in North East England.

Prosecutor Thomas Makepeace told the court that Kwan was a "respected and experienced" family doctor based in Sunderland, about 15 miles (24km) from Newcastle.