UK police officer poisoned in Salisbury Novichok attack quits force

Detective Sergeant Nick Bailey spent two weeks in intensive care after being poisoned by Novichok. Picture: Wiltshire Police/PA

A police officer who fell seriously ill after being poisoned in the Salisbury Novichok attack has quit the force because he “can no longer do the job”.

Detective Sergeant Nick Bailey said on Twitter he “had to admit defeat” and is leaving the force after 18 years, adding the incident in March 2018 “took so much from me”.