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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
National
Steven Morris

Novichok poisonings: Nick Bailey reaches settlement with police force

Nick Bailey
Bailey was the first person to go into Sergei and Yulia Skripal’s home after the former spy and his daughter were poisoned. Photograph: Wiltshire police/PA

A police officer who suffered novichok poisoning when he searched the home of the former Russian spy Sergei Skripal following the Salisbury nerve agent attack has reached a settlement with his former force.

Lawyers for Nick Bailey argued that he continued to suffer from the trauma of the poisoning more than four years on and made a personal injury claim against Wiltshire police.

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