Novichok poisoning probe: Skripals may testify

A former spy and his daughter, who survived an attempted murder after being poisoned by a nerve agent, may give evidence in person at an inquest.

Dawn Sturgess, 44, died after being exposed to Novichok, which was left in a discarded perfume bottle in Amesbury, Wiltshire, in July 2018. Her boyfriend, Charlie Rowley, survived.

Her death followed the attempted murder of former Russian spy Sergei Skripal, his daughter Yulia and ex-police officer Nick Bailey in Salisbury in March of the same year.

All three survived after coming into contact with the poison that had been planted on Mr Skripal’s front door handle.