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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
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Steven Morris and Caroline Bannock

Daughter of Wiltshire novichok victim says she ‘never got to say goodbye’

Dawn Sturgess
Dawn Sturgess died in July 2018 after being poisoned with novichok in a fake perfume bottle. Photograph: Family handout/PA

The daughter of a woman killed in the Wiltshire novichok poisonings has told an inquiry into her death of her sadness that she never got to say goodbye to her.

In a statement read to the inquiry by Dawn Sturgess’s mother, Caroline Sturgess, the girl said: “Me and my mum had a bond that I will never forget. The day I heard she had fallen really ill was heartbreaking to hear.”

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