Salisbury cop injured by nerve agent ‘getting better’ – but Russian spy and daughter ‘likely to die’, warns expert
THE cop injured in the Salisbury nerve agent attack is recovering but the Russian spy and his daughter are "likely to die", an expert has warned.
Nick Bailey, who was first on the scene before details of the attack emerged, is thought to be on the mend after being hospitalised for more than two weeks.
But former spy Sergei Skripal and his daughter Yulia may not survive, says a Russian scientist who helped develop the nerve agent.
Vladimir Uglev, who developed the Novichok nerve agent, he is "100 per cent" certain the Russian's will die once their life support is removed.
The scientist, who worked on a programme to develop new chemical weapons from 1972 to 1988, said: "There is no antidote to these agents.
"I can say with nearly 100 per cent certainty that if Skripal and his daughter are taken off life support, they will die, although they are now only technically alive."
Detective Sergeant Bailey was able to sit up and talk to his family after just a few days of treatment at Salisbury District Hospital.
It is thought he may soon be able to go home to continue recovering.
The Wiltshire cop was visited by PM Theresa May and Home Secretary Amber Rudd while in hospital receiving treatment.
He was praised by his Chief Constable Kier Pritchard as "a great character, a huge presence in Wiltshire Police - well liked well loved".
Fears were raised DS Bailey had brought the deadly chemical home with him after troops swooped on Alderholt in Dorset last week.
Skripal and Yulia, 33, were found slumped on a bench in a catatonic state and anti-terror police are investigating CCTV believed to show the father and daughter before the poisoning.
Cops have estimated timeline of the pair's movements, revealing that they had not been seen between 9.15am and 1.30pm on March 4.
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Police also released a new image of Sergei's burgundy BMW 320D saloon as part of their counter terror investigation into the attack, with fears that that Russian and his daughter Yulia were poisoned after a toxic substance was smeared on the door handle.
The Sun on Sunday revealed that Yulia’s boyfriend was a Russian secret service agent and that she had worked in the US Embassy in Moscow.
The revelation came days after Scotland Yard announced a murder investigation into the death of Putin enemy Nikolai Glushkov, found strangled in his South London home.
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