Murder in the Family – The Thomas Kwan Affair
In January 2024, Dr. Thomas Kwan, orchestrated an elaborate plot to murder his mother’s long-term partner, Patrick O’Hara. Kwan, motivated by financial gain, was disgruntled that his mother, Jenny Leung, had amended her will to grant O’Hara a life interest in her property, which Kwan believed prevented him from getting his own inheritance.
Kwan meticulously forged NHS documents, arranging a fake home visit for a COVID-19 booster vaccination, he disguised himself as a community nurse donning a wig, fake facial hair, medical mask, and gloves and visited O’Hara at home. It was there that Kwan administered an injection containing a toxic substance, believed to be iodomethane. Immediately after the injection, O’Hara experienced severe pain, and subsequently developed necrotizing fasciitis, a life-threatening flesh-eating disease. He required multiple surgeries and spent several weeks in intensive care.
This documentary unravels the extreme lengths that Kwan went to obliterate anyone who may prevent him from what he thought was rightfully his – his mother's inheritance. The Crown Prosecution Service, local residents, press and toxicologists unpick Kwan’s audacious plans that saw him sentenced to 31years and 5 months for attempted murder.