"The 54-year-old contacted Mr O'Hara via the fictitious Northern Wine and Drinks Tasting Gentlemen's Club and sent him between 18 and 21 bottles, some of which were poisoned. Mr O'Hara drank some of the bottles and gifted one to Mr Gundlach. Prosecutor Peter Makepeace KC told the court two bottles contained poison and there was evidence that a third, which was laced with thallium, caused Mr O'Hara to fall ill."
"A judge described the January 2024 attack which saw him enter his mother's home wearing a disguise as an audacious plan to murder a man in plain sight which was motivated by financial gain. The judge said Kwan tricked his victim and his estranged mother using good forgeries of NHS letters, adding: By your masquerading, you struck at the heart of public confidence in the health care profession."
Thomas Kwan admitted to lacing bottles of wine with thallium and administering a noxious substance to Torquil Gundlach after sending poisoned bottles to Patrick O'Hara via a fictitious Northern Wine and Drinks Tasting Gentlemen's Club. Kwan sent between 18 and 21 bottles, some of which were poisoned; Mr O'Hara drank some and gave one bottle to Mr Gundlach. Prosecutors identified at least two bottles containing poison and evidence that a third caused Mr O'Hara to fall ill. Kwan is already serving a 31-year sentence for a separate attempted murder involving a fake Covid jab that caused a rare flesh-eating disease. A judge said the January 2024 attack was an audacious, financially motivated plan that undermined public confidence in healthcare.
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