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| Novichok victim's son asks Trump to raise mother's death with Putin | Novichok victim's son asks Trump to raise mother's death with Putin |
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| The grieving son of the Amesbury novichok victim Dawn Sturgess has called on Donald Trump to raise his mother’s death with Vladimir Putin. | The grieving son of the Amesbury novichok victim Dawn Sturgess has called on Donald Trump to raise his mother’s death with Vladimir Putin. |
| The US president, who is on the last day of his visit to the UK, is due to meet the Russian leader in Helsinki on Monday. | The US president, who is on the last day of his visit to the UK, is due to meet the Russian leader in Helsinki on Monday. |
| Ewan Hope, 19, said he wanted his mother’s killer, or killers, “to get what they deserve”. | Ewan Hope, 19, said he wanted his mother’s killer, or killers, “to get what they deserve”. |
| “I don’t share Donald Trump’s politics and I’ll never be a supporter of his, but I would like him to raise mum’s case with the Russian president,” he told the Sunday Mirror. “We need to get justice for my mum.” | “I don’t share Donald Trump’s politics and I’ll never be a supporter of his, but I would like him to raise mum’s case with the Russian president,” he told the Sunday Mirror. “We need to get justice for my mum.” |
| The government has blamed Russia for the failed nerve agent attack on the former double agent Sergei Skripal and his daughter, Yulia, in Salisbury in March. | The government has blamed Russia for the failed nerve agent attack on the former double agent Sergei Skripal and his daughter, Yulia, in Salisbury in March. |
| Sturgess, 44, and her partner, Charlie Rowley, fell ill in Amesbury, about eight miles from Salisbury, on 30 June. | Sturgess, 44, and her partner, Charlie Rowley, fell ill in Amesbury, about eight miles from Salisbury, on 30 June. |
| It is believed they handled an item contaminated with the Russian-made chemical weapon. | It is believed they handled an item contaminated with the Russian-made chemical weapon. |
| Traces of the nerve agent were found in a small bottle in the Amesbury home of Rowley, 45, who remains in a serious but stable condition at Salisbury district hospital. | Traces of the nerve agent were found in a small bottle in the Amesbury home of Rowley, 45, who remains in a serious but stable condition at Salisbury district hospital. |
| Experts are trying to determine whether the novichok that poisoned them was from the same batch used in the attempted murder of the Skripals. | Experts are trying to determine whether the novichok that poisoned them was from the same batch used in the attempted murder of the Skripals. |
| Hope said he had been told it could be “weeks or even months” before he was able to bury his mother, who died on 8 July. | Hope said he had been told it could be “weeks or even months” before he was able to bury his mother, who died on 8 July. |
| He told the paper police had informed him that the mother-of-three’s body was currently “property of the crown”. | He told the paper police had informed him that the mother-of-three’s body was currently “property of the crown”. |
| A postmortem is scheduled to take place on Tuesday and an inquest into her death is set to open and adjourn in Salisbury on Thursday. | A postmortem is scheduled to take place on Tuesday and an inquest into her death is set to open and adjourn in Salisbury on Thursday. |
| Search teams investigating the poisoning have recovered more than 400 exhibits, samples and items, with police warning that searches could last months. | Search teams investigating the poisoning have recovered more than 400 exhibits, samples and items, with police warning that searches could last months. |
| Neil Basu, the national lead for counter-terrorism policing in the UK, described the process as “painstaking and vital work”. | Neil Basu, the national lead for counter-terrorism policing in the UK, described the process as “painstaking and vital work”. |
| Counter-terrorism detectives are trying to establish where the bottle came from and how it came to be in Rowley’s home. | Counter-terrorism detectives are trying to establish where the bottle came from and how it came to be in Rowley’s home. |
| The UK has invited experts from the Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) to independently confirm the identity of the nerve agent. | The UK has invited experts from the Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) to independently confirm the identity of the nerve agent. |
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