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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
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Ryan Hooper

Novichok poisoning public inquiry delayed amid heightened Russian tensions

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The public inquiry into how a British woman was fatally poisoned after being exposed to Novichok has been delayed, in a decision which has been condemned by the coroner and the victim’s family.

Dawn Sturgess died in July 2018 after she unwittingly came into contact with the nerve agent on a discarded perfume bottle in Amesbury, Wiltshire.

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