Police find body in bag at MI6 man's London flat

[David Guyatt]

Another obvious reason for 'in a bag in the bath' is to inhibit the spread of decomposition smells and body fluids seeping through the floor/ceiling below, in order to delay discovery for as long as possible.

This strikes me as the more likely reason for the fluid. Concomitant to this reasoning would be a desire to delay the discovery of the corpse as much as possible (in the event it took 3 weeks didn't it?). And that, in my favoured scenario, is why an MI6 safe house was used. It is my understanding that safe houses are used infrequently and are, therefore, ideal to hide a body.

It's a simple enough job, I should think, to arrive in a vehicle, haul the body in a bag out of the back, and carry it into the flat. If done at night, and professionally, little suspicion would be aroused. Added to this, infrequent comings and goings by different people to the property are a key reason for choosing the location of a safe house.

Mr. Lemkin's above addition is really very interesting (Hi Pete!). City banking. Hhmmm. Remember that Mr. Williams mobile phone Sim cards (plural it seems?)were left laid out in the flat to be found? Some sort of inside message perhaps?

I wonder if the Telegraph's added comment about money transfers out of the middle east linked to terror groups is designed to lead us all away from something else altogether?

Thanks for the welcome back Peter and Jan. It will be flying visits until mid October I'm afraid (sheesh, I never knew "retirement" could be so busy!), but after that it should settle down.