Fatal Novichok dose 'came from bottle' in victim's house

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Source: BBC

A bottle found at Charlie Rowley's Amesbury house was tested by scientists at Porton Down, the Met Police said.

Mr Rowley, 45, remains in hospital in Salisbury after being poisoned on 30 June. His partner Dawn Sturgess, 44, died last weekend.

Further tests will now be carried out, the force said.

Scientists at the Defence, Science and Technology Laboratory are still trying to establish whether the Novichok found at Mr Rowley's house came from the same batch of the substance that contaminated Sergei and Yulia Skripal in March.

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1. OMG...

what the hell kind of bottle?

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2. I've been searching

trying to find the answer. It appears that they do not want to say just yet. All the news reports I've read only refer to "a small bottle."

[ToxMarz]

7. Maybe Stolichnaya?

[Bernardo de La Paz]

3. Memo to tRump: People have died where you are (UK) due to Putin. Cancel meeting now.

1) Putin murders Brits.

2) He hacked the DNC. You can't believe Putin over the Federal Bureau of Investigation of the United States of America.

[Hekate]

4. Good gods, were they the ones who carried out the attack in the Skripals?

[turbinetree]

5. I just gotta ask...............are they possible Russian agents................

if the reports say that it came out of the house...............why and how would you have this stuff in your house............

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6. Yes there is that

but also they will surely be looking at their friends and acquaintances

Could be known to them, or they may be unwitting accomplices, or maybe there were 2 sets of keys to their residence

[Merlot]

10. I doubt if spys need a set of keys to get into anyones house.

Breaking in, taking and or leaving items, and leaving without a trace is spy work 101.

[Snellius]

8. So it would be the first physical evidence that could connect to the source

Assuming the two strains of Novichok are the same, the bottle itself, the composition of the glass, any markings or fingerprints are subject to forensic analysis. Not easy to transfer into another container so would assume it originated from the same laboratory from which it was made.

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9. Curiouser and curiouser.

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11. RUMINT: They were dumpster diving...

.... for drug paraphernalia and picked up the bottle. This is purely a speculative rumor that I heard bullshiting around the water cooler. But it is a plausible theory and the police warned afterwards against picking up needles and syringes.