Consultant who treated Yulia Skripal ‘gobsmacked’ when she woke up, inquiry hears

Stephen Cockroft says he had been quite sure' novichok victim had suffered catastrophic' brain damage

A hospital consultant who treated Sergei and Yulia Skripal after they were poisoned with the nerve agent novichok was gobsmacked" when Yulia woke and began trying to get out of bed four days after the attack.

Dr Stephen Cockroft said he tried to reassure Yulia, who was crying and terrified", that she was safe and also asked her if anyone had attacked her and her father or sprayed anything over them.