Express : MI6 SPY LOCKED IN BAG GARETH WILLIAMS ‘WASN’T GAY’

MI6 SPY LOCKED IN BAG GARETH WILLIAMS ‘WASN’T GAY’

The mystery over MI6 spy Gareth Williams’ death deepened yesterday

By Cyril Dixon | December 27, 2010

THE mystery over MI6 spy Gareth Williams’ death deepened yesterday after a friend said he was not gay and was about to begin a new tour of duty.

Sian Lloyd-Jones claimed the maths genius, 31, was set to take on a new identity for an assignment with the intelligence agency.

The 33-year-old former school friend of Mr Williams claimed £15,000 worth of women’s clothes and accessories found in his flat were gifts for someone else. The naked body of Mr Williams, a Cambridge-educated codebreaker, was found inside a padlocked holdall at his flat in Pimlico, central London, last August.

Last week police revealed details of the unworn designer clothes and wigs in his wardrobe, and released images of a couple they wanted to trace.

But Miss Lloyd-Jones said the outfits were probably gifts for herself or his sister Ceri.

“He said he was learning his new identity,” she said. “It was all so relaxed. That night he came over with his box file and started going through it. He had two passports.

“He was open with his family, and if he was gay and had any temptations he would have spoken about them.”

Police say it would have been impossible for him to lock himself in the holdall.