article_snippet.sent: Murder suspect Dmitri Kovtun says that Alexander Litvinenko killed Alexander Litvinenko by mistake .
article_snippet.sent: One of the men accused of killing Alexander Litvinenko claimed today that the ex-spy's death may have been an 'accidental suicide' after Murder suspect Dmitri Kovtun says that Alexander Litvinenko killed himself by mistake inadvertently handled polonium.
article_snippet.sent: Dmitri Kovtun, who is wanted for the dissident's murder, insisted that the ex-spy was not involved in the ex-spy's death and suggested that the ex-spy had poisoned the ex-spy without knowing it.
article_snippet.sent: Mr Litvinenko met with Kovtun and Alexander Lugovoi, another former spy, in London shortly before Kovtun testifies fell ill with radiation poisoning in November 2006 and died at the age of 43.
article_snippet.sent: At a press conference in Russia today, Kovtun asserted Kovtun testifies innocence and blamed Mr Litvinenko for Kovtun testifies own death - saying Kovtun testifies was carrying around polonium rather than being given polonium by Kovtun and Lugovoi, as has been previously claimed.
article_snippet.sent: Kovtun testifies described Litvinenko's death as an 'accidental suicide', adding: 'I am more than sure that Kovtun testifies was dealing with polonium without knowing Litvinenko's death. '
article_snippet.sent: Killed: Mr Litvinenko died of radiation poisoning in November 2006 after meeting Kovtun and Alexander Lugovoi .
article_snippet.sent: Kovtun told a press conference today that Mr Litvinenko .
article_snippet.sent: Mr Litvinenko has previously heard that Mr Litvinenko ingested polonium-210 when Mr Litvinenko drank a cup of tea during a meeting with the two ex-KGB men at the Millennium Hotel in central London.
article_snippet.sent: But Kovtun said this was impossible, adding: 'Mr Litvinenko told me that Mr Litvinenko would not eat anything because the night before Mr Litvinenko got terrible poisoning, was throwing up all night, and called an ambulance. '
article_snippet.sent: That proves our total innocence, that Mr Litvinenko had already come into contact with polonium, perhaps several days before our meeting.'
article_snippet.sent: Mr Litvinenko insisted that the reason Mr Litvinenko and Lugovoi left a trail of polonium around London during he and Lugovoi visit to London was because he and Lugovoi had been contaminated by he and Lugovoi meeting with Mr Litvinenko.
article_snippet.sent: Mr Litvinenko fell ill after going to see Kovtun and Lugovoi at the Millennium Hotel in London, pictured .
highlights_snippet.sent: Dmitri Kovtun claims Alexander Litvinenko was carrying around polonium without knowing polonium .
  
highlights_snippet.sent: Says the ex-spy's death was 'accidental suicide' during press conference .
  
highlights_snippet.sent: Dmitri Kovtun denies murdering Alexander Litvinenko, but has agreed to give evidence at the public inquiry into the ex-spy's death .