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)
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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.
Last modified on Thu 13 May 2021 00.09 EDT
The police officer poisoned in the Salisbury novichok attack has lodged papers in the high court suing Wiltshire police over the trauma he continues to suffer three years after being exposed to the nerve agent.
Nick Bailey was critically injured after coming into contact with novichok when he entered the house of the former Russian spy Sergei Skripal in March 2018.
Bailey, who was a detective sergeant, spent 17 days in hospital and retired from Wiltshire police in October 2020, explaining that the impact of the ordeal meant he could no longer do the job.
Bailey’s lawyer, Patrick Maguire, a partner at the law firm Horwich Cohen Coghlan, said on Wednesday: “It has been a challenging three years for everyone affected by the events of March 2018.