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

‘We’ve got her back now’: novichok victim’s family ready to lay her to rest

Dawn Sturgess
Dawn Sturgess died from spraying a chemical weapon left in a discarded perfume bottle in Amesbury, Wiltshire, in July 2018. Photograph: METROPOLITAN POLICE/AFP/Getty Images

The family of Dawn Sturgess have said they will finally be able to lay her to rest seven years after she was killed in the Wiltshire nerve agent poisonings, after an inquiry concluded she was the innocent victim of an attack by Vladimir Putin.

Stan Sturgess, Dawn’s father, said he was pleased the inquiry into her death had made it clear she was blameless but expressed concern that lessons may not have been learned that could stop such a tragedy happening again.

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