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Disguised GP injected mother’s partner with flesh-eating chemical, court told
Trial hears Thomas Kwan wanted to protect his inheritance and told Patrick O’Hara he was getting a Covid jab
A GP worried about his inheritance disguised himself as a nurse and injected deadly poison into his victim, who thought he was getting a home-visit Covid booster, a court has heard.
Thomas Kwan was not injecting Covid vaccine into Patrick O’Hara, prosecutors allege, but a poison that gave O’Hara a rare and life-threatening flesh-eating disease.
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