Novichok poisoning: deadly nerve agent 'disguised as perfume', victim says

Salisbury poisoning survivor Charlie Rowley says nerve agent was contained in a sealed box of perfume

Novichok survivor Charlie Rowley says nerve agent was disguised as perfume
Rowley is back in intensive care after surviving the nerve agent poisoning
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A man who survived coming into contact with the deadly Novichok nerve agent has revealed that he found the substance disguised as a sealed bottle of perfume.

Charlie Rowley, whose partner Dawn Sturgess died after exposure to the nerve agent, has told ITV News that Sturgess fell ill minutes after spraying what she thought was perfume on her wrists.

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