GP who tried to kill mother's partner with poison struck off

A Sunderland GP who dressed in disguise to try and kill his mother's partner in a row over an inheritance has been banned from working as a doctor.

- by Neil Fatkin

Thomas Kwan, 54, a GP at a practice in Sunderland at the time of his crime, sent bogus medical letters to the man, claiming he was due to have a Covid booster jab.

Kwan arranged to visit the man at his Newcastle home on January 22.

He wore a disguiseincluding a wig and fake facial hair-along with a medical mask so that his mother and her then partner, who is in his 70s, wouldn't be able to recognise him.

In the hours after receiving the injection, the victim became seriously unwell, with a serious skin condition developing around the injection area. He was later admitted to hospital after initially visiting his GP.

On presenting several letters for the medical appointment at which he was given the injection, hospital staff discovered they were bogus and informed Northumbria Police.