Dr. Thomas Cowan disguised himself as a nurse making home visits to inject Patrick O’Hara with a poison that causes necrotizing fasciitis. Vaccine for Covid-19because he believes that the man stands in the way of him inheriting his mother’s house one day.
Judge Christina Lambert said: “It was a bold plan to kill a man in plain sight and you almost succeeded. You were certainly obsessed with money, especially the money Which you thought you deserved.”
Cowan, 53, pleaded guilty to the crime last month in the Crown Court Newcastle On charges of attempting to Murder.
O’Hara, 72, survived death after being placed in the intensive care unit for several weeks, and part of his arm was cut off to prevent the spread of the disease. Necrotizing fasciitis.