The Age [Australia] : British bondage spy a sleeper

British bondage spy a sleeper

London | December 27, 2010

A British spy whose body was found inside a padlocked bag at his London flat in August had been training to take on a new identity in the months before his death, a report says.

A close friend of Gareth Williams, 31, told the Mail on Sunday the MI6 code-breaker was not homosexual.

Police have suggested his death was linked to London's gay or bondage scene. Women's clothing worth thousands of pounds was found in his flat.

''He said he was learning his new identity,'' said Sian Lloyd-Jones, 33, a close childhood friend from Wales.

''He had two passports.''

London's Metropolitan Police revealed Williams had been logging on to bondage websites and had visited a drag cabaret four days before his death.