Express : MYSTERY OF DEAD SPY’S LOCKED FLAT

MYSTERY OF DEAD SPY’S LOCKED FLAT

By Chris Riches | September 25, 2010

THE MI6 spy whose naked body was found padlocked in a holdall did not die alone, detectives confirmed last night.

Police have still not ruled out the possibility that Gareth Williams, 31, died as the result of a sex game that went wrong.

But in an extra twist to the bizarre circumstances surrounding his death last month, it was revealed that the door to Mr Williams’s central London flat was locked from the outside when detectives arrived.

Yesterday the head of MI6 praised Mr Williams when he attended the funeral of the codebreaker.

Sir John Sawers said the maths genius had helped save lives. After the service in Holyhead, Anglesey, he said: “Gareth did very valuable work in the cause of national security. I wanted to be here as the only public face of the Secret Intelligence Service, to give support and offer sympathy to the family.”

About 200 mourners, led by Gareth’s parents Ian and Ellen and sister Ceri, gathered for the service.

Gareth, who worked for GCHQ at Cheltenham, Gloucs, was living in London on secondment to MI6.