British police are drawing up elaborate plans to guarantee the safety of the victims of the Salisbury poisoning once they have been discharged from hospital.
A Government source told The Sunday Telegraph that the British authorities had a “duty of care” to both Sergei Skripal and his daughter, Yulia, as they continued to recover after being poisoned with a Russian-made nerve agent.
There are serious concerns that the pair’s lives remain at risk after their attempted murder in Wiltshire last month.
While Mr Skripal, the 66-year-old former double agent, became a British citizen when he came to the UK, his daughter remains a Russian citizen and is in the midst of a diplomatic row over access to...