Salisbury Novichok victim wants answers as city declared clear of nerve agent | ITV News

[Music] it's a day Salisbury has been waiting for almost a year on the official all-clear from contamination the busy streets and the returning visitors reflecting the end of a chapter that has hit this city hard feel scary we didn't know why we was asked to close the restaurant can we get everyone out Joe Pegg is manager of zzs restaurant closed for eight months because the strip pals had spent the evening here before being taken ill he says today feels like a new beginning I think this is great the Salisbury can finally have that we're done so there's gonna be no more no more RAF guys here there's been no more cleanup or there has a CCC so hopefully we can just all move on and move forward these newly released pictures give an idea of what it took to be 100% sure there were no traces of nerve agent left to threaten the Salisbury area an unprecedented cleanup operation even the house where the scribbles lived and were targeted is ready to be lived in again the bench where the scribbles were found has gone now but that is the only long-term change as this city tries to put a dreadful chapter behind it it's almost exactly a year since a man and a woman were found unconscious on this park bench in Salisbury the following day they were publicly identified as former Russian spy sergey skripnikov agent Navi chalk it's taken up to 800 specially trained military personnel around 13,000 hours to decontaminate the city in June Prince Charles paid a visit and declared the city open for business but just five days later a perfume box containing Navi chalk was found in a Salisbury Park dawn sturgis died while her partner Charlie Rolly lay seriously injured in hospital today Charlie Rolly said he won't be able to move on while those responsible for his girlfriend's death remain at large but just one injustice really and justice to be served and something to pay but their what they've done in doubt probably put my mind at rest the authorities have their Russian suspects but to date there have been no arrests or charges so while people know it's safe to visit here again the final chapter in a sinister story has yet to be written Paul Davis ITV News Salisbury you

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Published: Fri Mar 01 2019