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Novichok poisoning public inquiry delayed amid heightened Russian tensions

The public inquiry into how a British woman was fatally poisoned after being exposed to Novichok has been delayed, in a decision which has been condemned by the coroner and the victim’s family. Dawn Sturgess died in July 2018 after she unwittingly ...

25 Feb 2022 at 12:55

Paramedic describes finding Dawn Sturgess blue and not breathing on the floor

A paramedic has described finding Dawn Sturgess lying on the floor, blue and not breathing, after she was poisoned with Novichok, the inquiry into the circumstances of her death heard. The 44-year-old died after she was exposed to the chemical ...

17 Oct 2024 at 17:04

Police officer apologises for describing Novichok victim as well-known addict

A police officer has apologised for describing Novichok victim Dawn Sturgess as a “well-known drug addict” in an email after her poisoning. Dawn Sturgess, 44, died on July 8 2018 after she was exposed to the nerve agent, which was left in a ...

04 Nov 2024 at 16:34

Priti Patel restricted disclosure of documents to Novichok death inquiry

Former Home Secretary Priti Patel restricted disclosure of a “small set of documents” from an inquiry into the death of a British mother-of-three in a suspected Russian state-sponsored poisoning, it has emerged. Ms Patel signed a ...

11 Nov 2022 at 16:00

TV interview with Salisbury suspects was shocking and welcome, says officer

An interview on Russian television with suspects in the Salisbury poisonings was “shocking” and “welcome”, a senior police officer has said. Alexander Petrov and Ruslan Boshirov denied being the culprits and said they were ...

20 Nov 2024 at 17:12

Counter-terror police ‘left Salisbury officers feeling they were overreacting’

Counter-terrorism police left officers in Salisbury feeling as if they were “overreacting and completely making things up” when they suggested an ex-Russian spy may have been poisoned. An email from April 2021 from ...

07 Nov 2024 at 15:45

Ex-army nurse says allegations role was linked to Novichok poisoning ‘malicious’

A former chief nurse of the British Army, who was one of the first to attend to Sergei and Yulia Skripal after they were poisoned with Novichok, has said any suggestions that her role was connected to the incident ...

29 Oct 2024 at 11:49

Sergei Skripal told friends Putin would ‘get him’ if he returned, inquiry told

Sergei Skripal’s former next-door neighbour has told a public inquiry how the former spy said President Vladimir Putin would “get him” if he returned to Russia. Ross Cassidy was giving evidence as the Dawn ...

28 Oct 2024 at 17:53

Ex-police officer holds back tears as he recalls impact of Novichok poisoning

A former police officer who was poisoned by Novichok held back tears as he gave evidence to the Dawn Sturgess Inquiry about how the incident had affected him mentally and physically. Nick Bailey was ...

07 Nov 2024 at 13:14

British Novichok victim’s family told ‘do not touch her coffin’, inquiry hears

The family of the “innocent” British woman who died after she was exposed to Novichok were told not to touch her coffin because of the Russian nerve agent, an inquiry has heard. Dawn Sturgess, 44, ...

14 Oct 2024 at 18:55

Paramedics ‘said Charlie Rowley had nerve agent poisoning but police disagreed’

Paramedics who attended to Charlie Rowley after his Novichok poisoning formed a view he was suffering from nerve agent poisoning, but there was a different opinion from police officers, the Dawn ...

17 Oct 2024 at 14:51

‘Some material will be kept secret’ in Salisbury poisonings inquiry

The chairman of the Russian-state Salisbury poisonings inquiry has said it is inevitable there will be “perhaps quite a lot” of material kept secret from the public. Lord Hughes told a ...

06 Sept 2023 at 13:32

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