‘Seeking to play God’: 'Cruel' NHS worker jailed for life after injecting shop owner
- Darren Harris, a 58-year-old anaesthetist, attempted to murder Gary Lewis in his Northallerton record shop in July.
- Harris posed as a customer, then stabbed Lewis in the thigh with a syringe containing rocuronium he stole from his hospital.
- Lewis collapsed after the injection, but a slight delay in the drug's onset allowed him to chase Harris and call for help.
- Prosecutor Herrmann noted the attack was 'entirely motiveless', while the judge said Harris was 'seeking to play God'.
- Harris received a life sentence with a minimum term of 16 years; Lewis continues to struggle emotionally from the attack.
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Moment shop owner collapses after being injected with lethal drug by nurse
THIS is the moment a dazed shop owner collapsed after being injected with a deadly drug by a nurse who has now been jailed. Darren Harris, 57, administered a stolen dose of Rocuronium, which is a muscle relaxant used in anaesthetics, into Gary Lewis’ backside. Gary Lewis collapsed to the ground after being injected with a lethal drugNNP Darren Harris attacked the record shop owner at randomNNP The victim was left “completely paralysed” by the at…


Anaesthetist who tried to kill shop owner with lethal injection jailed for life
An experienced anaesthetist who tried to kill a record shop owner by injecting him with a lung-stopping drug in an "entirely motiveless" attack, has been jailed for life with a minimum term of 16 years.Darren Harris, 58, spent several hours posing as a customer in Gary Lewis's vinyl store before waiting until his back was turned and stabbing him in the thigh with a hypodermic syringe, in July last year.Leeds Crown Court heard Mr Lewis's life was…
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