Italian security expert 'clear of radioactive contamination'

An Italian security expert who was one of the last people to see poisoned former Russian spy Alexander Litvinenko before he fell ill said today tests have cleared him of radioactive contamination.

Mario Scaramella travelled from Rome to meet with Litvinenko at a sushi bar in London on November 1 – the day the former intelligence agent first reported the symptoms that ultimately led to his death in the intensive care ward of a central London hospital.