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

Inquiry into novichok death of Dawn Sturgess to begin in autumn 2024

Dawn Sturgess
Dawn Sturgess died on 8 July 2018 after coming into contact with the nerve agent novichok. Photograph: AFP/Getty Images

The long-awaited independent inquiry into the death of Dawn Sturgess in the Wiltshire novichok poisonings will begin in autumn 2024, the Guardian can reveal.

Sturgess’s father, Stan Sturgess, expressed relief that a date had been set and said he hoped it would mean that those responsible for the attack would be held to account.

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