A former GP is due to appear at court charged with the attempted murder of a man in his seventies. Thomas Kwan, 54, is charged with one count of attempted murder and one count of administering a noxious substance.

The charges relate to two alleged victims. Police say the charge of attempted murder is in relation to a pensioner and the charge of administering a noxious substance relates to a man aged in his 50s.

The offences are alleged to have occurred in Newcastle between September 2022 and January 2024. Kwan, of no fixed abode, is due to appear at Newcastle Magistrates' Court on Thursday.

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