Ex-police officer tells Sturgess inquiry of hallucinations after novichok poisoning

Nick Bailey, who went to Sergei Skripal’s home, describes visions of a ‘tsunami of pure heat and fire’ near his eyes

A former police officer who was poisoned in the Salisbury novichok attack has described the “nightmarish hallucinations” he experienced shortly after coming into contact with the nerve agent, including visions of a “tsunami of pure heat and fire” near his eyes.

Nick Bailey was affected after the nerve agent was smeared on the former Russian spy Sergei Skripal’s door handle in Salisbury in March 2018.