‘Utterly despicable’ doctor in disguise poisoned mother’s partner with flesh-eating disease cloaked as COVID booster

Thomas Kwan

Left: Thomas Kwan. Right: Kwan in disguise when he poisoned his mother’s partner (Northumbria Police).

A doctor in the United Kingdom admitted to trying to kill his mother’s partner by poisoning him in an elaborate scheme that included a disguise and fake paperwork.

The Northumbria Police Department said in a press release that 53-year-old Thomas Kwan pleaded guilty to attempted murder on Monday in the middle of his trial. According to police, Kwan sent the man fake medical letters claiming he was set to have a COVID booster. Disguised in a wig and fake facial hair while wearing a medical mask, Kwan went to the man’s home on Jan. 22. Kwan concealed himself well enough that his mom and her partner, who is in his 70s, did not recognize him. He then administered the shot to the victim.

Prosecutors during the trial said the injection was not a COVID booster, but a flesh-eating chemical, according to The Guardian. Kwan reportedly concocted the scheme because he was concerned that he was losing his inheritance from his mom.

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Not long after receiving the jab, the man “became seriously unwell” and had to be admitted to the hospital. He showed them the letters he received about the injection, and the hospital staff immediately realized they were fake. They called the cops.

“The victim has since had to have numerous operations, including skin grafts to repair the extensive damage the poisoning caused to his body,” police wrote. “He has been left with life-changing injuries following the incident.”

Officers later discovered Kwan used fake license plates when he drove from his home to a hotel in Newcastle in the early hours of Jan. 22. Following his arrest, investigators found a “poisoner’s handbook” and a book about murder investigations on his computer.

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