T he family of Dawn Sturgess have said they will finally be able to lay her to rest seven years after she was killed in the Wiltshire nerve agent poisonings, after an inquiry concluded she was the innocent victim of an attack by Vladimir Putin .

Stan Sturgess, Dawn’s father, said he was pleased the inquiry into her death had made it clear she was blameless but expressed concern that lessons may not have been learned that could stop such a tragedy happening again.

Describing his daughter as a “daddy’s girl” he said: “She has been public property for the last seven years. We’ve got her back now.”

He said her ashes remained at the home he and his wife, Caroline, share in a Wiltshire village. “We’ll be able to lay her to rest now this is over. We felt we couldn’t do anything while all

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