02-09-2010, 05:22 AM
(This post was last modified: 02-09-2010, 06:24 AM by Peter Lemkin.)
He was found PADLOCKED into the sports bag...and they still entertain 'suicide'...my Houdini on LSD quip was not far off the mark!.....The inquest also strangely has been adjourned a week [guess they are waiting for orders on what they are to find....]
mokin:
Dead spy was found padlocked inside bag
By Terri Judd
Thursday, 2 September 2010
The British codebreaker found dead in the bath of his London flat last month had been padlocked inside a sports holdall, an inquest heard yesterday.
Gareth Williams, 31, is thought to have been dead for more than a week when his remains were discovered on 23 August at his home in Pimlico, half a mile from the headquarters of the secret intelligence service MI6, where he worked.
Colleagues reported him missing when he did not turn up for work for at least 10 days. He was last seen eight days before his body was found, Westminster Coroner's Court was told.
A post-mortem examination failed to establish a cause of death but a pathologist said Mr Williams was not stabbed or shot and bore no obvious signs of strangulation.
Detectives are still trying to determine whether he was asphyxiated or poisoned, or whether drugs or alcohol were in his system. The coroner, Dr Paul Knapman, said the body was in an advanced state of decay when discovered by police, and was in a sports bag that had been "padlocked shut".
Sources within the murder team have said suggestions of national security or terrorism links to the case are "pretty low down the list of probabilities". They say officers are examining Mr Williams's private affairs and not his professional life. Originally from Anglesey in north Wales, he was days from completing a one-year secondment to MI6 from his job at GCHQ, the Government "listening post" at Cheltenham which monitors communications for intelligence purposes.
Dr Knapman said he was to be kept informed of how the inquiry was progressing and would consider when to release the body. The inquest was adjourned for a week.
http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/cri...68095.html
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And another change in the story - now signs of break-in; before clearly stated NO SIGNS of forced entry...They [they] have also dropped the S&M line - go figure!
Helen Carter and Richard Norton-Taylor
guardian.co.uk, Sunday 29 August 2010 16.02 BST
Further questions have been raised over the death of an MI6 officer after police confirmed that reports of bondage equipment found at his flat and a "ritualistic" arrangement of his possessions were untrue.
The body of Gareth Williams was found stuffed in a bag in the bath of an MI6 safehouse in Pimlico, south London, a week ago. Reports have said there was evidence of a break-in, and that sim cards containing the numbers of gay escorts were found at the flat, but police who found the body told Channel 4 News it was "a neat job", leading to speculation that Williams was killed in a professional hit.
The police and security services seem to disagree over precisely what led to Williams' death, with Whitehall sources maintaining that his death was "more to do with his private life than his job".
Claims that 31-year-old Williams was secretly gay appear to be wrong, according to the original police dispatch seen by Channel 4. His family claim Williams has been the victim of a smear campaign to deflect attention from his work within the intelligence service. He is thought to have played a role in gathering intelligence as a code-cracker or cipher, and was seconded to MI6 from GCHQ.
Contrary to some reports, three mobile phone sim cards found in the flat were not arranged in a "ritualistic" manner, a Metropolitan police spokesman told the Guardian.
The police confirmed that Williams was last seen on 15 August, eight days before his body was found. Initial reports said he had not been seen for a fortnight. His body was discovered when police were called to check on him after a GCHQ colleague voiced concerns. Police found no mess and no sign of a struggle.
Williams's uncle, William Hughes, said it was possible the government or another agency might be attempting to discredit his nephew by orchestrating a smear campaign. He said Williams's parents, who live on Anglesey, were "very, very angry" about false reports over his private life. He said his nephew's reputation was being destroyed by the "horrible and completely fictitious accounts".
Last week a pathologist was unable to establish a cause of death. Toxicology tests will determine if he was poisoned, or if drugs or alcohol were a factor.
There have been claims that Williams was killed by someone he knew, after reports that thousands of pounds were paid into and withdrawn from his bank account in the days leading up to his death. Police said such reports were "pure speculation".
Williams is known to have been a private man, a mathematical prodigy who studied at Bangor University for a degree at 13, emerging with first-class honours. He later attended St Catharine's College, Cambridge, where he failed to complete his studies and returned to GCHQ, where he joined a contingent of keen cyclists.
Williams regularly travelled to the United States, where it is understood that he worked at the National Security Agency at Fort Meade in Maryland, the US government's listening post and the largest intelligence agency in the world.
He was sent to MI6's station in Kabul where he is thought to have helped in breaking codes used by the Taliban. Last year he moved on secondment to MI6. He was due to return to GCHQ at the start of next month.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk/2010/aug/29...ims-untrue
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The Daily Mail reported that Williams flew to the NSA, the Pentagon's listening post, up to four times a year. He returned from his last trip a few weeks before he was found dead. The paper said US intelligence officers were poring over Williams's work and personal life to see whether the circumstances of his death endangered US national security.
mokin:Dead spy was found padlocked inside bag
By Terri Judd
Thursday, 2 September 2010
The British codebreaker found dead in the bath of his London flat last month had been padlocked inside a sports holdall, an inquest heard yesterday.
Gareth Williams, 31, is thought to have been dead for more than a week when his remains were discovered on 23 August at his home in Pimlico, half a mile from the headquarters of the secret intelligence service MI6, where he worked.
Colleagues reported him missing when he did not turn up for work for at least 10 days. He was last seen eight days before his body was found, Westminster Coroner's Court was told.
A post-mortem examination failed to establish a cause of death but a pathologist said Mr Williams was not stabbed or shot and bore no obvious signs of strangulation.
Detectives are still trying to determine whether he was asphyxiated or poisoned, or whether drugs or alcohol were in his system. The coroner, Dr Paul Knapman, said the body was in an advanced state of decay when discovered by police, and was in a sports bag that had been "padlocked shut".
Sources within the murder team have said suggestions of national security or terrorism links to the case are "pretty low down the list of probabilities". They say officers are examining Mr Williams's private affairs and not his professional life. Originally from Anglesey in north Wales, he was days from completing a one-year secondment to MI6 from his job at GCHQ, the Government "listening post" at Cheltenham which monitors communications for intelligence purposes.
Dr Knapman said he was to be kept informed of how the inquiry was progressing and would consider when to release the body. The inquest was adjourned for a week.
http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/cri...68095.html
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And another change in the story - now signs of break-in; before clearly stated NO SIGNS of forced entry...They [they] have also dropped the S&M line - go figure!
Helen Carter and Richard Norton-Taylor
guardian.co.uk, Sunday 29 August 2010 16.02 BST
Further questions have been raised over the death of an MI6 officer after police confirmed that reports of bondage equipment found at his flat and a "ritualistic" arrangement of his possessions were untrue.
The body of Gareth Williams was found stuffed in a bag in the bath of an MI6 safehouse in Pimlico, south London, a week ago. Reports have said there was evidence of a break-in, and that sim cards containing the numbers of gay escorts were found at the flat, but police who found the body told Channel 4 News it was "a neat job", leading to speculation that Williams was killed in a professional hit.
The police and security services seem to disagree over precisely what led to Williams' death, with Whitehall sources maintaining that his death was "more to do with his private life than his job".
Claims that 31-year-old Williams was secretly gay appear to be wrong, according to the original police dispatch seen by Channel 4. His family claim Williams has been the victim of a smear campaign to deflect attention from his work within the intelligence service. He is thought to have played a role in gathering intelligence as a code-cracker or cipher, and was seconded to MI6 from GCHQ.
Contrary to some reports, three mobile phone sim cards found in the flat were not arranged in a "ritualistic" manner, a Metropolitan police spokesman told the Guardian.
The police confirmed that Williams was last seen on 15 August, eight days before his body was found. Initial reports said he had not been seen for a fortnight. His body was discovered when police were called to check on him after a GCHQ colleague voiced concerns. Police found no mess and no sign of a struggle.
Williams's uncle, William Hughes, said it was possible the government or another agency might be attempting to discredit his nephew by orchestrating a smear campaign. He said Williams's parents, who live on Anglesey, were "very, very angry" about false reports over his private life. He said his nephew's reputation was being destroyed by the "horrible and completely fictitious accounts".
Last week a pathologist was unable to establish a cause of death. Toxicology tests will determine if he was poisoned, or if drugs or alcohol were a factor.
There have been claims that Williams was killed by someone he knew, after reports that thousands of pounds were paid into and withdrawn from his bank account in the days leading up to his death. Police said such reports were "pure speculation".
Williams is known to have been a private man, a mathematical prodigy who studied at Bangor University for a degree at 13, emerging with first-class honours. He later attended St Catharine's College, Cambridge, where he failed to complete his studies and returned to GCHQ, where he joined a contingent of keen cyclists.
Williams regularly travelled to the United States, where it is understood that he worked at the National Security Agency at Fort Meade in Maryland, the US government's listening post and the largest intelligence agency in the world.
He was sent to MI6's station in Kabul where he is thought to have helped in breaking codes used by the Taliban. Last year he moved on secondment to MI6. He was due to return to GCHQ at the start of next month.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk/2010/aug/29...ims-untrue
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The Daily Mail reported that Williams flew to the NSA, the Pentagon's listening post, up to four times a year. He returned from his last trip a few weeks before he was found dead. The paper said US intelligence officers were poring over Williams's work and personal life to see whether the circumstances of his death endangered US national security.
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