She told the inquiry that it is a “solace” to her family that Dawn’s daughter was not killed in the incident. Russia denies any involvement and described the inquiry as a “circus”.
It followed the attempted murders of former spy Sergei Skripal, his daughter Yulia Skripal and then-police officer Nick Bailey, who were poisoned in Salisbury earlier that year.
All three survived, as did Dawn’s partner Charlie Rowley, who had unwittingly given her the bottle of perfume containing Novichok.
Dawn was the eldest of four, and the mother of three. She would have been a grandmother now, her mum Caroline said, but will never have the “joy” of meeting her grandchild.
