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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
National
Sammy Gecsoyler

Ex-police officer tells Sturgess inquiry of hallucinations after novichok poisoning

Nick Bailey in police uniform
Nick Bailey gave evidence to the Dawn Sturgess inquiry. Photograph: Wiltshire police

A former police officer who was poisoned in the Salisbury novichok attack has described the “nightmarish hallucinations” he experienced shortly after coming into contact with the nerve agent, including visions of a “tsunami of pure heat and fire” near his eyes.

Nick Bailey was affected after the nerve agent was smeared on the former Russian spy Sergei Skripal’s door handle in Salisbury in March 2018.

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