Salisbury attack: inquest must look into role of Russian officials, court told

Lawyers for Dawn Sturgess' family say inquest should examine who ordered novichok attack

The role played by senior Russian officials in the Salisbury nerve agent attack should be investigated during an inquest into a woman who died in the poisonings, the high court has been told.

Lawyers for Dawn Sturgess's family are arguing that public concern over the poisonings is so profound that her inquest should be widened to examine who ordered the attack and the network that backed the two agents accused of actually carrying it out.