Island Crisis [Mauritius] : Police officials say reports that dead MI6 official was secretly gay appear to be wrong, possible professional hit

Police officials say reports that dead MI6 official was secretly gay appear to be wrong, possible professional hit

BNO NEWS | August 29, 2010

LONDON (BNO NEWS) – Police officials on Sunday said that claims that the MI6 intelligence official who was found dead and stuffed in a bag died because of his secretly gay life and his fetish for extreme bondage were false and likely part of a smear campaign to detract from his life as an intelligence official, the Guardian reported.

Police said that they did find bondage equipment at Gareth Williams residence but there was evidence of a break-in. Earlier reports of sim cards arranged in a “ritualistic” fashion were untrue, according to police. Police who found the body said that his death was “a neat job,” leading to speculation that he was killed in a professional hit.

Claims that the 31-year-old intelligence officer from MI6 was secretly gay appear to be wrong, according to a police dispatch. His family claims that he is the victim of a smear campaign to deflect attention from his work as a code-cracker or a cipher. He was last seen alive on August 15, eight days before his body was found. Police found no mess and no sign of a struggle.

A pathologist has been unable to find a cause of death, toxicology reports will determine if he was poisoned or if there was alcohol and drugs involved. There were previous claims that he was killed by someone he knew after thousands of pounds were paid into and withdrawn from a bank account in the days leading up to his death, but Police said those claims are “pure speculation”.

Williams was known to be very private, but a mathematical prodigy, he studied at Bangor University for a degree at 13. He emerged with first class honors. He regularly traveled to the United States where it’s understood that he worked at the National Security Agency (NSA) at Fort Meade in Maryland. The NSA is the U.S. government’s listening post and largest intelligence agency in the world.

He was sent to MI6’s station in Kabul where he was to help break codes used by the Taliban. He was transferred to the MI6 last year on temporary assignment.