Auto Amazon Links: No products found. Blocked by captcha.
Former UK Prime Minister Theresa May has expressed her belief that justice for those affected by the Salisbury Novichok attack is unlikely. May spoke to a new BBC podcast about The Salisbury Poisonings inquiry, which will investigate the fatal poisoning of Wiltshire woman Dawn Sturgess in 2018. May stated that the inquiry’s findings are likely to “bring comfort” to her family. Sturgess died after unknowingly coming into contact with the Russian nerve agent, which had been disguised as perfume. May stated that she feels “huge sadness” about Sturgess’ death.
However, the scope of the inquiry is likely to be limited to its investigative parameters, and it is unlikely that individuals believed to have been involved in the attack will face trial. Commenting further, May said that closure for all those affected by the attack could only come with justice, but that this is “highly unlikely to happen”.
Ms Sturgess was given the perfume bottle by her partner, Charlie Rowley, who found it discarded by Russian agents who targeted former Russian spy Sergei Skripal, in March 2018, and who is his daughter Yulia and a Wiltshire Police officer, Det Sgt Nick Bailey, also fell critically ill at the time. The UK government later accused the Russian authorities of complicity in the attack.
Two Russian nationals are believed to have been involved, along with a third suspect who was named by police in February 2019. An international arrest warrant has been issued, but under the Russian constitution, individuals cannot be extradited from the country.
The public inquiry into Sturgess’ death was opened in 2021 and aimed to establish the circumstances around her death. The inquiry is due to begin hearing evidence on Monday, 14 October, more than six years after the incident
Read the full article from The BBC here: Read More
Auto Amazon Links: No products found. Blocked by captcha.