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One of the spies admitted they may have got lost and accidentally ended up near Skripal's house and said their trip to Salisbury as tourists was hampered by snow so they 'left early' on March 4 - the day the Skripals fell ill
Daily Mail: 'Lies and blatant fabrication': Theresa May dismisses novichok suspects' bizarre claims as an 'insult to the public's intelligence' after pair insist they visited Salisbury as tourists and demand an APOLOGY for being named as Skripal hitmen
* Britain says Alexander Petrov and Ruslan Boshirov are aliases for 2 GRU agents sent to kill Sergei Skripal
* Both men say they are businessmen who now fear for their lives after police and MI5 pointed the finger
* They say snow ruined trip to Stonehenge so they spent an hour in Salisbury before heading back to London
* Boshirov admits they may have stumbled upon Skripal's home even though it is is 25 minutes from cathedral
* When asked if they were carrying a perfume bottle of novichok he said: 'No that's complete bulls***'
* Russian media has even suggested 'fashionable' suspects were on a gay trip to help back up their story
* Interview branded 'Kremlin managed propaganda' and PM called their account 'obfuscation and lies'
* Vladimir Putin insists Russia had nothing to do with it and said they were civilians doing 'nothing criminal'
Theresa May today blasted Russia's novichok assassins after they claimed to be tourists stuck in Salisbury and called their story 'lies and blatant fabrication'.
The Prime minister said the suspects, who used the aliases Alexander Petrov and Ruslan Boshirov to get into Britain, had 'insulted to the public's intelligence' and had been 'deeply offensive to victims'.
Today the suspected GRU agents, believed to be from Siberia, told state TV station RT they were stuck in Salisbury twice in two days after failing to get to Stonehenge because of snow.
In the 'absurd' interview the men even admitted they may have ended up at Sergei Skripal's suburban home 'by accident' while looking for the cathedral, which has a 400ft spire and is 25 minutes in the other direction.
The pair also refused to say why they booked into an east London hotel if they wanted to be at Stonehenge and failed to explain why they appeared to have no luggage when they travelled home.
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More News On The U.K. Response To Suspects In Skripal Case Talking Exclusively With RT
UK says clear that Russian Salisbury suspects are GRU officers -- Reuters
Britain says Russia interview is 'an insult', 'deeply offensive': PM May's spokesman -- Reuters
Skripal suspects' account of Salisbury trip does not add up -- The Guardian
Suspect Indeed: Odd Moments From RT's Interview With The Novichok 'Lads' -- RFE
Metropolitan Police confident Skripal suspects used aliases -- TASS
UK claims men in RT interview were GRU intelligence agents despite their denial -- RT
