Salisbury Novichok home where ex Russian spy was poisoned finally sold after five years
A FAMILY have finally moved into the house at the centre of the Salisbury spy poisoning.
The property had been empty since Russian hitmen smeared deadly nerve agent Novichok on the letterbox in a bid to assassinate Sergei Skripal in 2018.
Now a local couple with young children are the new owners.
They bought the £375,000 four-bed, which underwent hundreds of hours of cleaning, in a shared ownership deal with Wiltshire council.
The infected front door and porch have been replaced and solar panels put on the roof.
A Ford people carrier stood on the drive this week.
A woman answering its Ring doorbell declined to comment.
The council said it sold the property to a family who had lived in the city for at least 12 months to stop the site becoming a “museum”.
Former KGB agent Skripal, now 72, and his daughter Yulia, 39, survived the poisoning attempt.
But local Dawn Sturgess, 44, died after later handling a contaminated perfume bottle.
The house was declared safe in 2019 and the owners are aware of its history.
Cllr Phil Alford said: “We’re delighted this property will once again become a place that someone can call home.”