Police officer poisoned by Salisbury on way to recovery

The police officer who was poisoned by novichok as he responded to the attack on a former Russian spy in Salisbury has told of his rollercoaster physical and mental recovery.

Nick Bailey ran the Salisbury Marathon on Sunday in the city he was poisoned in, to raise money for the intensive care unit at the hospital where staff saved his life.

DS Bailey was poisoned by the nerve agent which was used to attack Sergei Skripal and his daughter Yulia, at the former spy’s home in the Wiltshire city in March last year.

He had been wearing a hazmat suit, but after touching the door, where the majority of the agent was found, he felt unwell and was taken to hospital two days later where he was told he had been poisoned.

Via Sky News