The parents of a woman who died after being exposed to the deadly Novichok nerve have slammed the British government for sending ex-Russian spy Sergei Skripal to live in Salisbury - claiming it put residents at risk.
Stan and Caroline Sturgess are speaking out as the anniversary of the first attack approaches, in which Russian spy Sergei Skripal, 66, and his daughter Yulia, 33, were targeted in Salisbury.
The pair were found slumped on a park bench in the town on March 4 last year, after being exposed to the nerve agent when it was sprayed on their front door handle.
Both eventually recovered, and the British authorities have highlighted two men - Alexander Mishkin and Anatoly Chepiga, thought to serve in the Russian military intelligence service - as responsible for the attack.
Just months later, on June 30, 44-year-old Dawn Sturgess was exposed to the nerve agent after her boyfriend Charlie Rowley found a perfume bottle containing the deadly poison.
Dawn Sturgess sprayed her wrists with a perfume bottle that contained the poison, and later died in hospital
Dawn Sturgess, left, who died following exposure to the nerve agent, and her partner Charlie Rowley, right
Sergey Skripal and his daughter Yulia were poisoned by the chemical agent novichok in Salisbury in March
Mr Rowley recovered from the exposure, but Ms Sturgess sadly died in hospital due to the effects of the nerve agent - which starved her of oxygen and led to her suffering a bleed on the brain.
Now her parents have expressed anger at the British authorities for settling former Russian spy Sergei Skripal in Salisbury - and have criticised how their daughter was portrayed as a homeless drug user in the weeks after the incident.
In an interview with The Guardian, Dawn's father Stan said: 'I want justice from our own government. What are they hiding? I don't think they have given us all the facts. If anyone, I blame the government for putting Skripal in Salisbury.'
Sergei Skripal, a former colonel in Russian military intelligence, was considered by the Kremlin to be one of the most damaging spies of his generation.
He was responsible for unmasking dozens of secret agents threatening Western interests by operating undercover in Europe.
He found his way to Salisbury after a spy swap in 2010 - and was one of two agents who came to Britain where he kept a low profile for the past eight years.
But Stan and Caroline Sturgess, from Durrington in Wiltshire, believe his being in Salisbury exposed residents to risk - arguing that he 'took risks' and 'must have known there was a chance people were still after him.'
The flat at Muggleton Road in Amesbury, Wiltshire, where Charlie Rowley lived - and where he and Ms Sturgess became ill after exposure to Novichok
A specially made model of the counterfeit 'Nina Ricci' perfume bottle that carried enough the novichok to kill 4,000
The parents also criticised how their daughter was portrayed in the wake of the attack, with Caroline saying: 'They were trying to get out the message that 'this couldn't happen to you, don't worry, it's because of their lifestyle'.'
Both also noted how they believed Rowley's account that the perfume bottle had been in a sealed box - and therefore could be one of a number brought into the country. As the bottle used in the attack would not have been sealed - due to its having been accessed once already.
Asked how Charlie found the bottle, Caroline suggested: 'I think he stumbled on it. I believe he had only just
