One of two ex-KGB agents suspected of using a radioactive poison to kill a former spy in London has said the victim may have accidentally poisoned himself.
Alexander Litvinenko died three weeks after after meeting the two agents at a London hotel on 1 November 2006.
Speaking at a Moscow news conference, Dmitry Kovtun said Mr Litvinenko may have already been contaminated before another meeting they had in October that year.
He suggested the former spy had accidentally poisoned himself, calling it a "suicide by accident".
"I am sure he was dealing with polonium without realising," Mr Kovtun said.
"Maybe at some point there was a leak of this polonium and it was gradually storing in his body. There were outbreaks, like on 16 October when he was vomiting."
Sky's Moscow Correspondent Katie Stallard said people would find the suggestion hard to believe, particularly considering the coincidence around the timing of it.
Police have said a "massive trail" of radiation followed Mr Kovtun and his co-accused, Andrei Lugovoi, across London.
Traces were found in each of the hotel rooms they stayed in, restaurants they visited and even on their plane seats back to Moscow.
The former KGB agent did not deny he and his colleague had met Mr Litvinenko on 16 October 2006 at Itsu restaurant in London, but said Mr Litvinenko had told them he was feeling unwell and had been sick the night before.
Mr Kovtun suggested he had been contaminated when the group shook hands.
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Gallery: Police Photo Evidence From Litvinenko Inquiry
A graphic showing the levels of contamination in the bathroom of room 848 at the Sheraton hotel in London's Park Lane where Andrei Lugovoi, one of the men suspected of killing Mr Litvinenko, stayed just days before he was poisoned
A photograph of the bathroom
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