DEATH OF SPY’S SON TO BE PROBED
THE death of Sergei Skripal’s son will be examined as part the inquiry into the attack on the double-agent, amid doubts over the official account of what happened to him.
In the past six years, the former spy’s wife, son and elder brother have all died – and family have said they believe some of the deaths may be suspicious.
Mr Skripal’s son Alexander, 43, is reported to have died last year while on holiday in St Petersburg with his girlfriend, after being taken to hospital with ‘liver failure’. Yesterday, the Russian news agency Fontanka said it had not been able to find any record of his death.
Alexander’s body is in the London Road cemetery in Salisbury, England. Wiltshire and Swindon coroner’s service said it had no record of an inquest into his death.
Mr Skripal’s wife Liudmila died in 2012, aged 59. She was diagnosed with cancer in Russia and is also buried at London Road. Two years ago, Mr Skripal’s older brother died after a ‘prolonged illness’, according to the BBC. He is believed to have been Valery Skripal, 68, who had a distinguished military career.