Sergei Skripal said he could not return to Russia or there would be 'reprisals'.
Sergei Skripal was one of three people who survived coming into contact with the Novichok nerve agent
Mr Cassidy said Mr Skripal "did say he knew Russian leader Putin personally and said Putin would get him".In March 2018 Mr Skripal, his daughter Yulia and then-police officer Nick Bailey were poisoned in Salisbury after being exposed to Novichok. They all survived. Mr Cassidy told the inquiry that he and his wife had later googled Mr Skripal and discovered his spying activities.
He told the inquiry: "Because of what happened the following day, I put two and two together and came up with some conclusion that we were probably being followed."
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