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

‘We couldn’t grieve’: Dawn Sturgess’s parents await novichok inquiry answers

Caroline and Stan Sturgess sitting together at a table
Caroline and Stan Sturgess, the parents of Dawn Sturgess, who died in the Wiltshire novichok poisonings. Photograph: Sam Frost/The Guardian

The parents of the woman who died in the Wiltshire novichok poisonings have said they hope an inquiry into her death will answer far-reaching questions about how the tragedy unfolded and allow the family, finally, to grieve fully for her.

Caroline and Stan Sturgess said they hoped the long-awaited inquiry, which begins in Salisbury on Monday, would scrutinise the actions of the UK and Russian governments and examine how safe the UK is from such attacks now.

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