Toxicology tests have been ordered by police investigating the sudden death of the Russian supergrass Alexander Perepilichnyy, a wealthy businessman who collapsed outside his luxury Surrey mansion two weeks ago, reports The Independent. Full story >>
VOCABULARY
A supergrass is a person who gives the police information about a large group of criminals. • The "supergrass" was the only witness in a trial of 35 IRA suspects which collapsed in 1984 when the then Lord Chief Justice dismissed his evidence as being "unworthy of belief".
