Former GP admits further murder attempt on mother’s partner using poisoned wine Thomas Kwan admitted a previous plan to kill Patrick O’Hara after setting up a fake wine club. Evening Standard · Oct 9, 2025
XL bully owner savaged in garden by dog hits out at breed ban after more than 20,000 attacks last year Exclusive: Figures obtained show more than 23,000 dog attacks across England and Wales despite the ban on XL bully dogs last year The Independent UK · Mar 29, 2025
XL Bully ban will cost £25 million in vet and kennel fees - with no clear reduction in attacks Police have revealed 848 dogs were surrendered by their owners and euthanised after the ban came into force – with no assessment of their dangerousness – costing £340k in vet fees The Independent UK · Jan 29, 2025
Enforcing XL bully ban ‘placing huge burden on policing’ Since February, it has been a criminal offence to own an XL bully dog in England and Wales without an exemption certificate. Evening Standard · Jan 29, 2025
Ban on XL bully dogs a ‘huge burden on policing’, force chiefs warn National Police Chiefs’ Council says millions being spent on veterinary bills and kennelling for seized dogs The Guardian - UK · Jan 28, 2025
Cost of kennelling seized dogs expected to reach £25m amid XL bully ban: reports In the first eight months of 2024, 1,991 suspected banned dogs had been seized, the BBC reported. The Independent UK · Dec 19, 2024
British Doctor Sentenced To 31 Years For Poisoning Plot British doctor sentenced to 31 years for attempting to murder mother's boyfriend with poisoned COVID-19 vaccine. Justice served in a case driven by financi... Top News · Nov 6, 2024
GP who tried to kill mother’s partner ‘struck at public confidence’ in NHS Thomas Kwan tried to poison Patrick O’Hara with a fake Covid jab and has been jailed for 31 years and five months. Evening Standard · Nov 6, 2024
‘Stranger than fiction’: Sunderland doctor Thomas Kwan’s plan for murder GP in inheritance row aimed to kill his mother’s partner by wearing disguise to administer a fake Covid booster jab The Guardian - UK · Nov 6, 2024
GP jailed for 31 years over ‘audacious’ plot to murder mother’s partner with fake Covid jab A judge described the scheme as an ‘audacious’ plot to murder a man in plain sight motivated by financial gain The Independent UK · Nov 6, 2024
GP who tried to poison mother’s partner with fake Covid jab jailed for 31 years Obsessed Dr Thomas Kwan previously pleaded guilty to the attempted murder of Patrick O’Hara. Evening Standard · Nov 6, 2024
GP who poisoned mother’s partner while disguised as Covid nurse given 31 years Thomas Kwan tried to murder Patrick O’Hara with fake jab while dressed as nurse in attempt to protect his inheritance The Guardian - UK · Nov 6, 2024
GP who tried to poison mother’s partner with fake Covid jab to be sentenced Dr Thomas Kwan has been warned he faces a 35-year jail term for trying to kill 72-year-old Patrick O’Hara while posing as a nurse. Evening Standard · Nov 6, 2024
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The Independent UK · Oct 17, 2024 Man injected with flesh-eating chemical by partner’s disgraced GP son went ‘to hell and back’ Thomas Kwan disguised himself to poison Patrick O’Hara in financially-motivated attempted murder plot, sentencing hearing told
Evening Standard · Oct 7, 2024 Thomas Kwan: Disguised GP who poisoned mother's partner with fake Covid jab admits attempted murder Thomas Kwan, 53, faces a lengthy spell behind bars for the attack in Newcastle
The Independent UK · Oct 7, 2024 GP admits disguising himself as nurse to kill mother’s lover with fake Covid jab Thomas Kwan injected Patrick O’Hara with a chemical agent that left him with a flesh-eating disease
Latin Times · Oct 3, 2024 Doctor Dressed Up as Nurse to Murder Mom's Boyfriend with Poison 'Covid Shot' in Bid to Secure Inheritance: Prosecutors A doctor allegedly tried to murder his mother's partner in front of her, disguised as a nurse.
Evening Standard · Oct 3, 2024 GP ‘wore disguise to pose as nurse to try and kill mother’s partner with fake Covid booster' Thomas Kwan ‘used his encyclopaedic knowledge of, and research into, poisons to carry out his plan’, court told
The Guardian - UK · Oct 3, 2024 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