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| The Wiltshire man poisoned by novichok has begun talking to detectives racing to find the source and location of the nerve agent that killed his partner and left him critically ill. | |
| Charlie Rowley, 45, began answering questions after days in a coma after being taken seriously ill, following exposure to the nerve agent. | |
| He is in hospital under guard and holds crucial information with significant implications for public safety, national security and relations with Russia, which is blamed for the use of novichok on British soil. | |
| Detectives from Scotland Yard’s counter-terrorism command believe they may have to wait days for Rowley to regain his memory and the ability to focus on the questions he is being asked. | |
| The crucial questions are when and where he came across a container containing novichok. Rowley and his partner, Dawn Sturgess, handled the small container made of glass, plastic or metal, which led them to fall ill on Saturday. It killed Sturgess, 44, who died on Sunday evening. | |
| Rowley is described as very tired and groggy after his ordeal due to the effects of a nerve agent so toxic it put him in a coma. | |
| Scotland Yard’s counter-terrorism command said: “Officers from the investigation team have spoken briefly to Charlie and will be looking to further speak with him in coming days as they continue to try to establish how he and Dawn came to be contaminated with the nerve agent. | |
| “Any contact officers have with Charlie will be done in close consultation with the hospital and his doctors. We will not be providing further commentary around our contact with Charlie.” | “Any contact officers have with Charlie will be done in close consultation with the hospital and his doctors. We will not be providing further commentary around our contact with Charlie.” |
| Sturgess and Rowley fell ill four months after novichok was used to try to assassinate former Russian spy Sergei Skripal and his daughter Yulia, after it was smeared on the door of their Salisbury home. | |
| The nerve agent could last for 50 years if it remains in a container, Britain’s top counter-terrorism officer has said. | |
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