Novichok survivor Charlie Rowley rushed to intensive care ‘after going BLIND’
NOVICHOK survivor Charlie Rowley has been rushed to intensive care after going BLIND.
Rowley, 45, was poisoned with the same nerve agent used in the attempted assassination attempt on former Russian spy Sergei Skripal and daughter Yulia.
He woke from his coma after 10 days and spent a month recovering at Salisbury General Hospital.
Partner Dawn Sturgess, 45, died from the exposure to Novichok.
Rowley was taken in an ambulance from his home in Amesbury, in Wiltshire, to Salisbury General Hospital, on Saturday.
He was placed in intensive care but it his illness is not believed related to his Novichok poisoning.
Charlie's brother Matthew Rowley, 47, said: "I have spoken to him and he went temporarily blind and couldn't see anything." A friend said: "We are all worried for Charlie. He's had it tough with the poisoning and losing Dawn.
"He was in a bad way and so dialled 999."
A spokesman for Salisbury General Hospital said: "We do not comment on individual patients.
"But I can say we are not treating anyone for nerve agent-related illness."; An ambulance was first called to his flat in Amesbury on June 30 after partner Dawn fell ill.
Hours later Charlie was seen foaming at the mouth and hallucinating.
Dawn died on July 8 and anti-terror cops have launched a murder probe.
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It is believed they were poisoned after picking up a perfume bottle, which Dawn sprayed on her wrists.
Experts believe it is the same Russian military-grade nerve agent used on Sergei Skripal and his daughter in March.
The Kremlin has denied any involvement.
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