Obsessed with money: doctor administers lethal injection over inheritance dispute
Sunderland - 53-year-old Thomas Kwan practiced as a general practitioner in Sunderland (UK). Out of sheer greed for money, he devised a perfidious plan to get rid of his mother's partner, which he almost succeeded in doing.
In January of this year, he tried to kill 71-year-old Patrick O'Hara and only because he wanted to get his hands on his mother's fortune.
He was obsessed with money and therefore could not accept that his partner also appeared in her will, as reportedby the BBC.
On January 22, he therefore disguised himself as a care assistant and forced his way into his mother's house.
With the help of a face mask, wig and fake ID, he became "Raj Patel", then gave his victim a supposed COVID-19 booster vaccination filled with a toxic pesticide.
Shortly after the infection, the victim felt an "unbearable pain", but the fraudster assured him that this was normal and quickly made off. The 71-year-old had to spend the next few weeks in hospital.
There, doctors were forced to repeatedly remove pieces of his flesh to prevent the disease from spreading further. Despite all his efforts, he still suffers from the effects of the poisoning today.
Thomas Kwan was not only obsessed with money, but also with poisons
As if that wasn't enough, officers made further horrific discoveries when they searched his home.
He is said to have used the pesticide iodomethane in his attempted murder, but many other poisons were found on him, as well as all kinds of ingredients and recipe books for making them.
The investigators also secured evidence that there was another plan to murder his victim in cold blood.
This involved sending free food and wine as a fake charity to administer the poison.
Judge Lambert described him as a "dangerous offender" and spoke of a "shocking level of distorted thinking". He was sentenced to 31 years and 5 months in prison.