Express : DEAD SPY’S FAMILY DEMAND BODY

DEAD SPY’S FAMILY DEMAND BODY

By Daily Express Reporter | September 11, 2010

THE grieving relatives of murdered MI6 spy Gareth Williams last night demanded to have his body back.

The family wants to commission their own post-mortem examination.

The move comes after the coroner dealing with the case has repeatedly refused to hand over the agent’s body as police are still investigating how the 31-year-old died.

The delay has caused further anguish for Mr Williams’s family in north Wales as relatives have not been able to hold a funeral and are frustrated about the lack of progress into the investigation surrounding his death.

A source close to the family last night said: “It is becoming very frustrating trying to get to the bottom of whatever has happened. There are just so many things we still don’t know. We have made it clear to the police that we want the body back as soon as possible.”

Mr Williams’s naked body was discovered in a sports bag in the bathroom of his top-floor flat in Pimlico, London, near MI6 headquarters on August 23.

There were no signs of a break-in or clues as to how the gifted mathematician died. The sports bag had been padlocked.