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Claims against ‘cathedral-visit’ Novichok suspects to be tested at inquiry

Three Russian agents suspected of being responsible for the 2018 Salisbury poisonings will have the evidence against them “tested” at a public inquiry into what happened. A lawyer has been asked to “put on the hat” of suspects Denis Sergeev, ...

25 Mar 2022 at 14:25

Public inquiry will start next week into death of Novichok victim Dawn Sturgess

The public inquiry into how a British woman was fatally poisoned after being exposed to Novichok will start next week, the Government has announced. Dawn Sturgess died in July 2018 after she unwittingly came into contact with the nerve ...

10 Mar 2022 at 15:55

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 ...

25 Feb 2022 at 12:55

‘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 preliminary hearing for the Dawn Sturgess ...

06 Sept 2023 at 13:32

Minister warns against jumping to conclusions over Wagner chief’s reported death

A UK minister has warned it is important “not to jump to conclusions” over the reported death of the leader of the Wagner mercenary group in a plane crash which is speculated to have been an assassination. Yevgeny Prigozhin ...

24 Aug 2023 at 18:45

Tensions between UK and Russia formed backdrop for spying case

The Berlin spy case came as Britain’s relations with Russia could not have been more finely balanced with Vladimir Putin amassing his forces on the border of Ukraine. After the Cold War ended in 1991, hopes of a warmer ...

17 Feb 2023 at 11:17

Consultant ‘removed from treating Yulia Skripal after asking her what happened’

A hospital consultant has told an inquiry he was removed from the treatment of Yulia Skripal after asking her questions about what happened to her when she suddenly woke up in intensive care. Dr Stephen Cockcroft was ...

31 Oct 2024 at 16:31

Dawn Sturgess’s condition ‘unsurvivable’ when paramedics arrived, inquiry told

Dawn Sturgess’s condition was “unsurvivable” by the time paramedics arrived on scene, a medical expert has told an inquiry looking into her fatal poisoning by Novichok. The 44-year-old died on July 8, 2018 after she ...

06 Nov 2024 at 16:31

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 contaminated ...

07 Nov 2024 at 13:14

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 ...

07 Nov 2024 at 15:45

Decision to search Skripals’ home ‘still haunts me’, detective tells inquiry

A detective inspector said the decision to search the Skripals’ home after they were poisoned with Novichok “still haunts me”, after a police officer also became contaminated with the nerve agent. Detective ...

11 Nov 2024 at 14:24

Dismissive response to poisoning suggestions ‘disappointing’, top officer says

Counter-terrorism police’s “dismissive” response to suggestions that an ex-Russian spy may have been poisoned was “extremely disappointing”, a top officer has said. Commander Dominic Murphy, head of the ...

12 Nov 2024 at 14:28

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