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Litvinenko inqury: Radiation 'at highest levels where suspect stayed'

A police officer investigating the poisoning of ex-KGB agent Alexander Litvinenko has said the highest levels of radioactive contamination were recorded at the hotel where one of the prime suspects was staying.

Detective Inspector Craig Mascall told the public inquiry into Mr Litvinenko's death that traces of radioactivity were found throughout the Sheraton Park Lane hotel and in Andrei Lugovoi's room.

Mr Lugovoi, and Dmitri Kovtun deny any involvement in Litvinenko's death in 2006.

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  1. Juliet Bremner: ITV News Correspondent

Litvinenko's widow blames Lugovoy for his death

Asked who she blamed for her husband's death, Marina Litvinenko told the inquiry:

I tried to be very objective and not to blame just because what I do feel and what I do believe... When the police said in fact that they blamed Lugovoy and Kovtun and they have this evidence I said, 'Yes, I agree, and I agree with this investigation.'

– Alexander Litvinenko's widow Marina

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