Novichok family's 'comfort' that no one else died

The parent of Salisbury poisonings unfortunate says her household recovered comfortableness that she was the lone idiosyncratic to beryllium killed by the Russian nervus cause Novichok.

Dawn, 44, and a parent of three, died aft being exposed to the deadly nervus cause Novichok which was near successful a discarded perfume vessel successful Amesbury, Wiltshire, successful 2018.

The enquiry has heard already that the vial of Novichok opened by Dawn Sturgess contained capable nervus cause to termination thousands.

Caroline Sturgess paid tribute to her girl astatine the Dawn Sturgess Inquiry earlier, describing her arsenic an "intelligent...extremely selfless and precise benignant person".

She told the enquiry that it is simply a "solace" to her household that Dawn's girl was not killed successful the incident. Russia denies immoderate engagement and described the enquiry arsenic a "circus".

It followed the attempted murders of former spy Sergei Skripal, his girl Yulia Skripal and then-police serviceman Nick Bailey, who were poisoned successful Salisbury earlier that year.

All 3 survived, arsenic did Dawn's spouse Charlie Rowley, who had unwittingly fixed her the vessel of perfume containing Novichok.

Dawn was the eldest of four, and the parent of three. She would person been a grandma now, her mum Caroline said, but volition ne'er person the "joy" of gathering her grandchild.

Caroline work retired a connection to the proceeding from Dawn's daughter, whose individuality is being protected owed to her age.

"Me and my mum had a enslaved that I would ne'er forget," she wrote successful the statement.

"The time I heard she had fallen truly sick was heart-breaking to hear. In my mind, I thought she would propulsion done it, due to the fact that determination was thing my mum couldn't handle.

"One happening that I volition ne'er hide was owed to my age, I ne'er got to spot her, oregon got to accidental my goodbyes."