The Dawn Sturgess Inquiry resumed in London
Sergei Skripal’s former next-door neighbour has told a public inquiry how the former spy said President Vladimir Putin would “get him” if he returned to Russia.Mr Cassidy told the hearing how Mr Skripal and his family moved in next door to him in Salisbury, Wiltshire, in about 2010, and they quickly became good friends.
“Sergey did say he could not go back to Russia or there would be ‘reprisals’, he would not go into much details about what this was all about, but did say he knew Russian leader Putin personally and said Putin would ‘get him’.” He said that, prior to giving evidence at the inquiry, he checked with those friends, asking them “he did say that, didn’t he?” and they confirmed it.
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