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‘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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The Northern Echo broke the news in County Durham, United Kingdom on Friday, April 11, 2025.
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