Pimlico People : Mysterious Murder of British Spy on Alderney Street

Mysterious Murder of British Spy on Alderney Street

By James Mass | August 25, 2010

Police have cordoned off Alderney Street today after a body was found in a flat. Officers are now guarding the building in which the corpse was discovered stuffed inside a bag and left in the bathroom. Scotland Yard have now launched an official investigation into the crime, which is believed to be murder. The victim is thought to be a British spy.

Reporters surrounded the area trying to dig out the latest news as the miserable weather cast an even gloomier scene. The body was discovered on Monday afternoon after worried neighbours contacted police claiming that they had not seen the man for some time. A post-mortem is due to be carried out later today to discover the cause of death, although it is believed that the victim sustained multiple stab wounds.

Various reports have suggested that the man, who is yet to be identified, worked for GCHQ, the Government’s intelligence information arm. Other reports have said that he was on secondment to MI6, which is based just a few hundred yards away from the scene of the crime.

Number 36 Alderney Street is now the location of an intriguing murder mystery. Who was this enigma of a man and why was he murdered? We’ll be sure to keep you posted with any developments in this case.