Herald Sun : 'Sex game went wrong' for dead MI6 man Gareth Williams, police say

'Sex game went wrong' for dead MI6 man Gareth Williams, police say

From: The Daily Telegraph | September 13, 2010

POLICE believe the MI6 spy found dead in a sports bag in a bath inside his flat may have died after a bizarre sex game went wrong.

A woman police officer climbed into the bag in which code breaker Gareth Williams' naked body was found, re-enacting the events that are thought could have led to his death.

She managed to zip up the bag and padlock it from the inside, leading investigators to conclude Mr Williams may have done the same for sexual kicks and suffocated when he could not reopen it during an episode of erotic asphyxiation.

Despite being crouched in the holdall, the officer put her hand through a small gap between the padlock and zip fastener to lock it from the inside.

Police believe Mr Williams may have done the same then passed out, possibly as a result of panic when he was unable to reopen the padlock.