Joe Duggan
May 11 2021, 19:29 ET
THE police officer poisoned by Novichok in the Salisbury attacks is suing his force, it s reported.
Detective Sergeant Nick Bailey was left fighting for his life after being exposed to the nerve agent in March 2018.
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Detective Sergeant Nick Bailey is suing Wiltshire Police after he was poisoned in the Salisbury Novichok attacksCredit: PA
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Sergei Skripal and his daughter Yulia, were targeted by the deadly toxin
He was in intensive care for two weeks after being contaminated while investigating the poisonings of Sergei and Yulia Skripal.
After surviving the horror attack he was left with depression and memory loss.
British Police Officer in Novichok Attack Sues Force PA Images / TASS
A British police officer poisoned in the Novichok nerve agent attack on a former Russian spy is suing the force he worked for at the time, his lawyers said on Wednesday.
Detective Sergeant Nick Bailey, who left the police in October last year, became critically ill following the Novichok poisoning attack on ex-spy Sergei Skripal and his daughter Yulia in 2018.
The former police officer was the first person to enter the pair s home in Salisbury, southwest England, in the wake of the attack, which Britain said was approved by the Kremlin and sparked a diplomatic standoff between Moscow and London.
Officer poisoned in Salisbury Novichok attack suing his former police force
Detective Sergeant Nick Bailey was first person to enter home of Sergei Skripal after Russian double agent and his daughter Yulia were found
12 May 2021 • 2:43pm
Detective Sergeant Nick Bailey (right) and the bench on which Sergei Skripal and his daughter Yulia were found (left)
Credit: PA/AFP
An ex-police officer who fell seriously ill after being poisoned in the Salisbury Novichok attack is suing his former force.
Detective Sergeant Nick Bailey was the first person to enter the home of Sergei Skripal after the Russian double agent and his daughter Yulia were found poisoned in the Wiltshire city in 2018.
The police officer nearly killed in the Novichok attack has revealed he felt overwhelming guilt after his family were forced to leave their home because he had contaminated it with the nerve agent.
Former Detective Sergeant Nick Bailey, who is married to his wife, Sarah, with whom he shares two daughters, admitted he first got involved in the unique case because he was incredibly nosey and had heard two people had collapsed.
Giving his first full interview since leaving the force last year, Bailey opened up about the prolonged trauma he still feels following the poisonings in Salisbury three years ago.