But Charlie still grieves for Dawn
RECOVERING Charlie. Above, police search flat he lived at NOVICHOK victim Charlie Rowley has been discharged from hospital after spending months in and out of intensive care.
The 45-year-old will have Christmas with brother Matthew. But he is still grieving the loss of girlfriend Dawn Sturgess, 44, who was killed by the poison after mistaking it for perfume.
Charlie was left seriously ill after being exposed to the nerve agent used to attack Russians Sergei and Julia Skripel at Salisbury, Wilts, in June. He was discharged in July but readmitted in August with meningitis.
Matthew, 47, said: “He’s still a bit ill because of the meningitis and we don’t know the long-term effects of novichok. He phones me every night.
“He doesn’t like to be alone, he is having nightmares and is feeling insecure. He is still dealing with the loss of Dawn. We are planning on having Christmas dinner together.”
Charlie has moved into a new flat in Amesbury, near where he and Dawn were poisoned after finding the novichok in a perfume bottle.
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Police for the probe into the attacks, bringing the costs so far to £9.6million. Dawn died