Charlie Rowley gave Dawn Sturgess a perfume bottle as a gift - but it actually contained Novichok, and after she sprayed the nerve agent on her wrist, she began feeling unwell

Photo: Jack Taylor/Getty The boyfriend of Novichok victim Dawn Sturgess said she told she felt “very, very strange” before he found her lying in the bath, “convulsing and foaming at the mouth”, an inquiry has heard. Charlie Rowley told police that ...

THE boyfriend of Novichok victim Dawn Sturgess told her “look what I found” before handing her a perfume bottle containing the poison, an inquiry heard. Charlie Rowley said the

They were poisoned when members of a Russian military intelligence squad are believed to have smeared Novichok on Mr Skripal’s door handle. The inquiry will examine evidence of what led to the later poisoning of Ms Sturgess and her death. Dawn Sturgess, 44, died from Novichok poisoning in Salisbury Hospital on 8 July 2018.

The mother of three died in 2018 after spraying herself with a substance believed to have been left by Russian agents

Dawn Sturgess found foaming at mouth in bath after spraying Novichok on wrist - Charlie Rowley said his girlfriend began to fell unwell around 10-15 minutes after coming into contact with the nerve agent.