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A police officer who was poisoned in the Salisbury novichok attack more than two and a half years ago resigned because “he can no longer do the job.”
Detective Sergeant Nick Bailey was contaminated with the nerve agent At[person]’s house Sergei and Yulia Skripal, the objectives of the poisoning operation.
Bailey said on Twitter that he “had to admit defeat” and will be leaving his local force after 18 years, adding that the March 2018 incident “took a lot from me.”
In a series of tweets posted on Saturday, he said: “I wanted to be a police officer since I was a teenager, I couldn’t think of doing anything else, that’s why it makes me so sad.”
“Like most police officers, I have experienced my fair share of trauma, violence, discomfort, injury, and pain.
“We handle it, we take it seriously and we move on because that is our job. But we are still human and the impact this has should not be underestimated.
“The events in Salisbury In March 2018 it cost me a lot and although I have tried very hard to make it work, I know that I will not find peace as long as I remain in that environment.
“The police will remain in my heart and I am honored and privileged to have been a part of the Wiltshire Police.”
Made three attempts to Back to work, most recently in June, but admitted that he “couldn’t deal with being in a police environment” after previous failed efforts in September 2018 and January 2019.
Sergei and Yulia Skripal were attacked with a novichok and found slumped on a bench in Salisbury in March 2018
DS Bailey, who was the first person to enter the Skripal home, spent two weeks in intensive care after he was poisoned, during which time his wife and two daughters feared he would die.
He and two Wiltshire police colleagues were dispatched to the property in March 2018 after the former Russian spy and his daughter, who was staying with him, were found seriously ill on a bank in Salisbury.
He was contaminated when he touched the door handle of Mr. Skripal’s house.
The Skripals survived the attack, but Dawn sturgess, who came into contact with a bottle of perfume believed to have been used in the attack, died.
His partner, Charlie Rowley, became seriously ill but recovered.
The forensic investigation at the Skripal home
Angus Macpherson, a crime and police commissioner for Wiltshire, where DS Bailey worked, said that throughout his career the officer has symbolized “dedication and a sense of public duty.”
Mr. Macpherson thanked Sergeant Bailey for his “service and dedication to the Wiltshire Police”.
“Nick found himself at the center of an international criminal incident that not only affected his health, but I am sure it also changed the course of his family’s life,” he said.
“The events in Salisbury and Amesbury in 2018 remain unprecedented and Nick himself has found himself in a situation that no other police officer in this country has been through.
“I know that the force has offered Nick as much social support as possible, but I hope today gives Nick and his family a sense of closure and allows them to begin to look to the future.”
A forensic tent covers the bank where Sergei Skripal and his daughter Yulia were found
Two Russian nationals have been charged with traveling to the UK to attempt to assassinate Skripal with a novichok.
The suspects, known by the aliases Alexander Petrov and Ruslan Boshirov, were caught on CCTV in Salisbury the day before the attack.
They denied any involvement and insisted on in an interview with Russia Today They had only been to Salisbury to visit its cathedral and nearby Stonehenge.
Alexander Petrov and Ruslan Boshirov were named suspects in the attack.
Russian President Vladimir Putin has denied being behind the attack on the former Moscow agent.
Novichok re-entered the public consciousness earlier this year when it was used to poison the notable Kremlin critic. Alexei Navalny.
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