25-08-2010, 07:56 AM
Police searching the home of a missing MI6 worker in central London have found the body of a man in a bag.
The discovery was made at a top-floor flat in Alderney Street, Pimlico, on Monday afternoon.
Officers went to the address following reports that the occupant had not been seen for some time. It is thought the body had been there for several days.
Scotland Yard's Homicide and Serious Crime Command has launched a murder investigation.
A post-mortem examination is to due to be carried out on Wednesday morning to try to establish the cause of death.
Police have not yet been able to to identify the body but said the murdered man, who was pronounced dead at the scene, was white and aged in his 30s.
The headquarters of the Secret Intelligence Service (MI6) is just a few hundred yards from the flat.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-london-11079976
The discovery was made at a top-floor flat in Alderney Street, Pimlico, on Monday afternoon.
Officers went to the address following reports that the occupant had not been seen for some time. It is thought the body had been there for several days.
Scotland Yard's Homicide and Serious Crime Command has launched a murder investigation.
A post-mortem examination is to due to be carried out on Wednesday morning to try to establish the cause of death.
Police have not yet been able to to identify the body but said the murdered man, who was pronounced dead at the scene, was white and aged in his 30s.
The headquarters of the Secret Intelligence Service (MI6) is just a few hundred yards from the flat.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-london-11079976