Family’s fury at 2-week delay for removal of car ‘central’ to Salisbury nerve-agent attack
Friends of car owner Ross revealed he is fuming the police took two weeks to pick up his car
A CAR central to the attempted spy assassination case is removed — sparking fury that it has taken 15 days.
The silver Isuzu D-Max pick-up belongs to Sergei Skripal’s pal Ross Cassidy, 61.
He used it to collect 66-year-old Sergei’s daughter Yulia from Heathrow the day before they were poisoned by Novichok in Salisbury, Wiltshire.
Detectives are now focusing on whether the nerve agent was brought into the country by Yulia, 33, in her suitcase.
Ross’s stepson Russell Loveridge, 37, said: “It’s a farce.
“It was the first car they were in in this country. If the nerve agent was in the luggage then it wasn’t in the car with them. Ross has been driving it for 15 days, he would’ve been hurt by it by now.”
Last night friends of Ross at his favourite pub revealed he is fuming the police took two weeks to pick up his car.
One said: “He can't believe it has taken so long, it just makes no sense, they've taken the flowers from the grave but not checked the car she came in in.
“If Yulia did bring this stuff in and he did bring her from the airport then why have they waited two weeks.”
He said: “He is absolutely fine just annoyed by all the attention he has been getting, I am sure if there is anything wrong with him we would have known by now.
"He's not glowing I can tell you that much.”
The 4x4 was seized from Ross’ workplace in nearby Durrington. It will join other motors being tested for Novichok, including Sergei’s BMW.