A doctor has admitted attempting to murder his mother’s partner with poison in a dispute over a will.

Thomas Kwan, 53, had previously denied the offence against Patrick O’Hara, who was given a toxin which caused a “rare and life-threatening flesh-eating disease,” Newcastle Crown Court heard.

Prosecutors said Kwan went to “extraordinary” lengths to disguise himself and prepare the attack at the victim’s Newcastle home on 22 January.

Kwan, who lived in Ingleby Barwick, Teesside, and worked in Sunderland, is due to be sentenced at a later date.

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