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MI6 spy found dead in bag 'DID lock himself in holdall' say police as they claim codebreaker was responsible for his own death


From: InfoSec News <alerts () infosecnews org>
Date: Fri, 28 Dec 2012 03:27:28 -0600 (CST)

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2253606/MI6-spy-dead-bag-DID-lock-holdall-say-police-claim-codebreaker-responsible-death.html

By Hugo Gye
Mail Online
27 December 2012

The MI6 codebreaker who was found dead inside a holdall probably locked himself inside the bag, according to police.

An inquest into the death of Gareth Williams found that he could have been the victim of foul play, as the coroner expressed doubts that he could have locked the bag himself.

However, Scotland Yard detectives investigating the case discovered that it is possible to lock the type of holdall he was found in from the inside, and now say it is likely that no one else was involved in Mr Williams' death.

The body of the codebreaker, who was on secondment to MI6 from GCHQ, was discovered in a bathtub in his flat in Pimlico, central London, in August 2010.

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