Tory lord who quit over 80s invasion dies

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ADMIRED Peter Carrington CONDITION IMPROVING Charlie Rowley is conscious NOVICHOK-poisoning victim Charlie Rowley being conscious is great news.

But counter-terror detectives and MI5 officers have to be immensely sensitive.

They must ensure he is in a fit state to be interviewed to learn how he and his partner Dawn Sturgess were poisoned. SWOOP Military remove car from address in Swindon CHRIS HUGHES, DEFENCE AND Added to that is the difficulty of breaking news that she died.

His interviewers will film the conversation, with a medical expert present who can testify he was of sound mind. This will

protect them from him perhaps passing away. If he survives, he can testify in court.

But imagine if he states he and Dawn found something linked to an accused person – and the defence prove because of the poison he was in no fit state to make claims that led to an arrest, say of a key spy?