Moment shop owner slumps to ground after being injected in backside with deadly drug by nurse in ‘motiveless’ attack
Moment shop owner slumps to ground after being injected in backside with deadly drug by nurse in ‘motiveless’ attack
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THIS is the horrifying moment a dazed shop owner slumped to the ground after being injected with a deadly drug by a twisted nurse. Darren Harris, 57, administered a stolen dose of Rocuronium, which is a muscle relaxant used in anaesthetics, into Gary Lewis' backside.
![[Photo of a man lying on the ground after being injected with a drug.]](https://www.thesun.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/677225df-4cfa-40e8-ad22-61691bd2f7e0.jpg?strip=all&w=960)
The victim was left "completely paralysed" by the attack - with shocking video showing him collapse from a chair outside his shop. As emergency services battled to save Gary's life, "calm" Harris was repeatedly asked what he had injected him with. The anaesthetic nurse repeatedly answered "nothing" before telling paramedics and police it was "just water".
![[Mugshot of Darren Harris, an anaesthetic nurse convicted of attempted murder.]](https://www.thesun.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/ba065e8b-ef59-4bf5-8590-c595256deea2.jpg?strip=all&w=960)
Harris later claimed he injected complete stranger Gary to "give him a fright" and cause some numbing. But Leeds Crown Court was told Rocuronium is usually given in an operating theatre when the patient is closely monitored and machines help them breathe.
![[Photo of a shop owner collapsing after being injected with a drug by an anaesthetic nurse.]](https://www.thesun.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/afc9547d-c2ff-444e-a115-dae79872ec0e.jpg?strip=all&w=960)
With these aids removed, it could cause a person to stop the breathing muscles from working and cause death. Harris has now been found guilty of attempted murder following a trial. Prosecutor Richard Herrmann told the court: "The events of this case involve the manifestation of two of the greatest human fears.
![[Photo of Darren Harris being arrested for attempted murder.]](https://www.thesun.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/a131e740-376e-4f90-846b-f0000dd973f7.jpg?strip=all&w=960)
"The first, it involves and out of nowhere, to all intents and purposes completely unprovoked, indiscriminate attack of extreme violence by a complete stranger in plain sight and in broad daylight. "And the second, it rendered the victim completely paralysed, unable to communicate in any way, even in the slightest of ways, with those who were panicking and those who were trying to save him while at the same time and up to the point he loses consciousness, being able to hear and understand everything that was going on around him.".
![[Close-up of Gary Lewis, victim in a nurse's attempted murder case.]](https://www.thesun.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/895bf2f2-5f9f-498b-8507-90872d10c06d.jpg?strip=all&w=684)
