Photo that poison suspect says will prove his innocence

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The picture was taken by Lugovoi's wife Svetlana at a London restaurant on November 1 last year - the day he is accused of slipping deadly nuclear material into Litvinenko's tea.

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Family Man: Lugovoi, left, with children Yegor and Galina, front, and friends including Vyacheslav Sokolenko, centre, on the day Litvinenko was poisoned

The picture, published for the first time, shows Lugovoi, his son Yegor, daughter Galina, 19, and friends before they set off to watch a football match between Arsenal and CSKA Moscow at the Emirates Stadium.

According to British detectives, Lugovoi laced his former KGB colleague's tea with a radioactive isotope during a meeting at an hotel earlier that day.

The investigators later found radiation at the restaurant and the group's seats at the stadium.

Lugovoi now faces an extradition request to face a murder trial but his friends say he is innocent.

Yesterday, Lugovoi's business partner Vyacheslav Sokolenko, 38, who is also in the photograph, said: "When this picture was taken, we had grabbed a couple of drinks before the game. Andrei was there with his wife and kids.

"He's innocent. What man in his right mind would put his family at risk of poisoning in this way?"

All Lugovoi's family members later tested positive for traces of polonium.

Before his death on November 23, Litvinenko claimed his murder was ordered by President Putin.