Pre-inquest hearing into death of Novichok poisoning victim Dawn Sturgess

Ms Sturgess, 44, collapsed at her partner Charlie Rowley’s home in Amesbury, Wiltshire, on June 30 2018, after unwittingly spraying herself with the lethal chemical

A pre-inquest review is to be held into the death of Dawn Sturgess, who came into contact with a perfume bottle containing the nerve agent Novichok (Andrew Matthews/PA)

A coroner is to hold a pre-inquest review into the death of Dawn Sturgess, who came into contact with a perfume bottle containing the nerve agent Novichok.

Former UK appeal court judge Baroness Hallett will use the hearing at the Royal Courts of Justice to examine the scope of the inquest, among other things.