Brisbane, Australia – A registered nurse in Queensland, Australia, has been banned from practicing for four years after it was revealed she paid a patient $3,000 to carry out a horrific attack on her former boyfriend, a senior police inspector.
Karenjeet Warburton, a nurse by profession, was found to have offered an even larger sum for the proposed hit, which included instructions to cut off her ex-lover’s penis and tongue, burn his face with acid, and inflict crippling physical injuries.
The shocking details emerged from a decision published last week by the Queensland Civil and Administrative Tribunal, following a ruling handed down to Warburton in March.
Warburton had been in a relationship with her ex-lover, Senior Queensland Police Inspector Don McKay, between March 2020 and early 2021. Following the end of their relationship, she allegedly sought extreme revenge.
According to the Daily Mail, Tribunal member Julie Dick heard that Warburton had approached a patient, Andrew Bown, whom she believed “might be up for” severely injuring Inspector McKay.
Between April 1 and October 6, 2021, Warburton provided Bown with photographs of Inspector McKay and his home, and handed over an initial $3,000 for the proposed attack.
Tribunal member Dick’s written decision highlighted the extreme nature of Warburton’s demands. “She had paid a significant amount and offered an even more significant amount to the proposed assailant,” Ms. Dick wrote.
The instructions given by Warburton were chillingly specific and brutal: “Warburton instructed a law enforcement participant [referring to the person she approached] to have Insp McKay’s ‘penis and tongue cut off, his face burnt with acid, his spine to be severed with a knife for the purpose of causing paralysis, or to break every bone in his body so that he could no longer walk or talk,” the tribunal decision stated.
The four-year ban means Karenjeet Warburton will be unable to practice as a nurse until 2028, reflecting the severe breach of professional conduct and ethical standards inherent in her actions.
