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U.K. mother killed by nerve agent was caught up in "illegal and outrageous" murder plot targeting spy, court is told

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Dawn Sturgess , 44 , died after being exposed to the Soviet -era nerve agent Novichok .

The mother-of-three was unwittingly caught up in an "illegal and outrageous international assassination attempt," a public inquiry is told.

Her death followed a failed poison attack against former Russian double agent Sergei Skripal in Salisbury in March 2018 .

Russia , whose constitution does not allow extradition, has denied involvement and dismissed the inquiry as a "circus".

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