Naked MI6 ‘spy within the bag’ theories – Russian mafia hit to ‘curiosity in bondage’
The demise of an MI6 spy whose bare physique was discovered inside a holdall with the zips padlocked and the important thing inside has sparked a frenzy of lurid hypothesis for over a decade.
But it appears doubtless that noone will ever know what actually occurred to junior analyst, Gareth Williams – a Welsh maths whizz who had been seconded to the key service to analyze monetary corruption involving Russia. The 31-year-old was found inside a North Face bag inside the tub of his London flat per week after he was final seen alive in 2010.
A coroner dominated he had been the sufferer of an illegal killing amid rising suspicions from his household that he’d been murdered, after DNA belonging to 2 individuals was discovered on the bag however by no means recognized. It sparked requires a forensic overview into what turned generally known as the “spy in the bag” case.
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It got here after the Metropolitan Police concluded that the codebreaker’s demise was “probably an accident” with one police chief suggesting it was linked to Mr Williams’ personal life which included an “interest in bondage.”
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Earlier this week, it was revealed that the overview into Mr Williams’ demise discovered no new DNA to counsel anybody else was within the flat when he died, WalesOnline reviews.
Anglesey-born Williams, who was a toddler prodigy in arithmetic, was employed by GCHQ, the UK’s eavesdropping company based mostly at Cheltenham the place he deciphered messages left on cellphones and emails, earlier than being seconded to MI6 for 3 years.
But per week earlier than he was as a consequence of transfer again to Cheltenham, he disappeared.
Detective chief inspector Neil John advised the BBC: “Since 2010 the Met has carried out extensive enquiries into Gareth’s death. An independent forensic review began in January 2021 and we received the findings in November 2023.
“No new DNA proof was discovered and no additional strains of enquiry had been recognized. We have knowledgeable Gareth’s household of the end result and our ideas stay with them.”
The Met added that any additional info or proof can be reviewed by detectives.
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Norman Baker, who was a Liberal Democrat minister in David Cameron’s coalition authorities claimed in a podcast that Williams was killed as a result of he was near figuring out a mole within the UK safety providers.
Baker mentioned: “Find me, aside from some type of stooge in Scotland Yard, somebody who can let you know with a straight face that Gareth Williams was despatched into his rest room, shut the door, turned the lights off, put himself in a bag. I’ve at all times been curious about issues to do with safety, and have at all times been curious about recognizing elephants in rooms that different individuals need to ignore.”
But Hamish Campbell, the now-retired detective chief superintendent who oversaw the investigation believes that a hit by the Russian state could be ruled out after semen was found at Mr Williams’ flat.
He believes 5ft 7″ Gareth, who lived alone and was not identified to be in a relationship, entered the 81cm x 48cm bag of his personal free will, however acknowledges it will be “bizarre” to crawl into the bag voluntarily.
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Had Mr Williams been stripped and compelled into the bag there would have been marks on his physique or different indicators of a wrestle, the detective advised.
He mentioned: “I felt it was improbable his body fluid could be present in a violent, non-consenting scenario. Considering Gareth’s tidiness and cleanliness, we surmised the semen was from the day of his entry into the bag.
“But was he alone or not? It can be tough to think about him having intimacy with a Russian hitman or a feminine spy.”
The spy’s £500 iPhone had all of its information wiped on August 15, 2010, the day he was final seen alive on CCTV and hours earlier than he’s believed to have died.
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The heating within the flat was turned up regardless of it being August, which the Williams household’s barrister, Anthony O’Toole, mentioned meant the physique decomposed quicker and ruined proof.
The inquest heard from an professional who made 300 unsuccessful makes an attempt to lock contained in the bag including: “even Houdini would struggle.” But one witness was capable of show it wasn’t inconceivable.
The inquest additionally heard that whereas staying with a household, Mr Williams was present in his boxer shorts together with his arms tied to the headboard at 1.30am one evening after listening to his screams for assist. He advised them he needed to see if he might free himself.
A video discovered on a telephone in Mr Williams’ workplace confirmed him dancing bare aside from black leather-based boots.
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Inside his flat, police discovered wigs, make-up, 26 pairs of high-end girls’s sneakers and £20,000 price of ladies’s designer clothes which was saved inside six containers in a spare bed room.
Retired detective Campbell suspects the demise is linked to Mr Williams’ personal life, referring to the time the spy was discovered tied to the mattress in Cheltenham and proof of visits to bondage and fetish web sites, and pictures of drag queens.
Police discovered internet searches regarding fashions who had been hogtied, a bondage place usually carried out bare. But armchair detectives say it might be a traditional try at smearing the sufferer and had been planted there to steer investigators on a false path.
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Others imagine it was an inside job by British or US spooks after Gareth had came upon some state secret and was about to show whistleblower.
In additional intrigue this week it was alleged Gareth was one of many inventors of cryptocurrency Bitcoin throughout unrelated proceedings on the High Court, the Sun reviews.
The allegation was made throughout a bitter authorized battle between Australian laptop programmer, Dr Wright and strain group the Crypto Open Patent Alliance, or COPA, which argued that Dr Wright claimed to have spoken to Gareth in 2011 — a 12 months after he had died.
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