Novichok cop: The moment I realised I'd been poisoned
Daily Mirror UK|November 08, 2024
Inquiry hears of scary reaction
MARTIN FRICKER
Novichok cop: The moment I realised I'd been poisoned

A FORMER police officer choked back tears as he recalled being poisoned with Novichok while on duty in Salisbury.

Det Sgt Nick Bailey needed hospital treatment after being contaminated when he touched the door handle of Sergei Skripal's home.

Skripal, a 73-year-old Russian double agent, and his daughter Yulia, 40, survived the attack in March 2018.

Dawn Sturgess, 44, died after she came into contact with a perfume bottle used to store the nerve agent.

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