The article “Litvinenko killer 'will die of poisoning within three years'” brings yet another twist to this bizarre case that had us scratching our heads at the end of last year. It appears that whoever it was that poisoned Alexander Litvinenko more than likely would have received a fatal dose of the Polonium-210 himself.
This article is an update; it puts the case so far into context and explains how far Scotland Yard have got with building the case against the two businessmen accused of being involved. They too are supposedly in danger from the several meetings that they had with Litvinenko after he had been poisoned. The two businessmen have both been treated as suspects by the media in the whole debacle, although, “last night, it was reported that there is sufficient evidence against Mr Lugovoi for the CPS to decide whether he should face prosecution.”
This bombshell is saved until the end of the article for reasons unknown. I believe that this is the crux of the story. Its relegation to the end signifies to me that The Independent is itself caught in the current wave of sensationalised journalism. The claims of imminent death made by Mr. Litvinenko’s friend Oleg Gordievsky are almost impossible to prove due to no one knowing the identity of the killer let alone what precautions they may have taken! The only piece of solid information in this story is the information about the CPS and personally this is the most interesting fact.
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