A Russian lingerie model has sensationally claimed Putin tried to kill her with rat poison while she dined with her husband at a Prezzo restaurant in Salisbury.
Anna Shapiro, 30, believes she is the victim of another Salisbury poison plot and alleged tonight: "Putin wants me dead."
The 30-year-old newlywed and partner Alex King, 42, became ‘violently ill’ after tucking into a florentine pizza, sea bass, vegetables and baby potatoes at the eaterie on Sunday night, she claimed in an interview.
Towards the end of the meal, Alex became unwell and rushed to the toilets where he was found collapsed on the floor by Anna – who says he was "foaming at the mouth" and looked as though he was having a "seizure".
She also then ran to the toilets to be sick and collapsed before the pair – along with a waiter – were rushed to Salisbury District Hospital.
Alex was put in an induced coma and is still fighting for his life in hospital, according to The Sun .
The medical drama sparked a huge police alert – in the wake of the Novichok poisonings – with emergency services sealing off the restaurant, close to where ex-Russian spy Sergei and Yulia Skripal had dined before they collapsed.
Anna, a part-time event-space company director, believes she was targeted by assassins — just like the Skripals — because her father was a top military official under Putin.
However, tonight Wiltshire Police said the couple were not exposed to Russian nerve agent Novichok and their illnesses are not being treated as suspicious.
Anna, who recently fled London after receiving death threats, said: “I was targeted by Putin’s henchmen. They want me dead as I oppose Putin and have turned my back on my country. Russia is capable of anything.”
She discharged herself from hospital on Monday evening and was taken to a local hotel with police on 24-hour guard, according to reports.
The couple arrived in Salisbury on Sunday afternoon and went to Prezzo on the recommendation of the owner of the £55-a-night farmhouse in which they were staying in.
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Anna, who studied for three years at Westminster Law School, said: “I’m sure the Russians think I’m a British spy.
"I know lots of rich businessmen in central London and because I have the accent people make assumptions about me."
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