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Gareth William Death: Key Questions Surrounding the MI6 Agent's Death

PA/The Huffington Post UK  |  Posted: 23/04/2012 09:51 Updated: 23/04/2012 09:51

Gareth Williams
MI6 agent Gareth Williams' death has never been solved, but a new inquest will attempt to solve his mysterious demise

In one of the highest profile and most memorable criminal mysteries in recent years, the death of the MI6 spy Gareth Williams, found in a padlocked holdall in his London home, will be attempted to be solved by an inquiry featuring over 30 witnesses.

There are a multitude of unanswered questions for the investigation to try to answer, but here are some of the key mysteries still outstanding:

  • Were secret agents specialising in the "dark arts" responsible for Mr Williams's death in his Pimlico home?

  • Is it physically possible that he was able to get inside a North Face holdall in his bathtub before padlocking himself in?

  • Could a third party have been present when he died despite no trace of DNA or fingerprints?

  • Why did police remove the front door to his flat if there were no signs of a break-in?

  • Why was there no sign of struggle on his body? Could he have been drugged despite normal blood tests?

  • What exactly did Mr Williams do for the GCHQ listening station - was he an active MI6 agent when he died? Why had he been placed on secondment in London?

  • Why did it take colleagues eight days to realise he was missing?

  • What happened to Mr Williams's possessions that he kept in a shared locker at the MI6 headquarters?

  • Why have letters gone missing between the coroner and police in recent months?

  • Has information been withheld because shedding light on Mr Williams's death could jeopardise secret security operations?

  • Why did he fail to tell his employer that he was undertaking a series of part-time fashion courses at Central St Martins College?

  • Why did it take forensic teams more than a year to realise a spot of DNA on Mr Williams's hand matched a scientist on the crime scene?

Gareth William's investigation so far, in pictures...

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  • Gareth Williams

    Williams was found dead in a Government flat in Pimlico in August 2010.

  • GCHQ

    After excelling at university at mathematics, Williams worked as a cipher and codes expert at the Government listening station, GCHQ.

  • SIS

    Williams was then seconded to work at the Secret Intelligence Service headquarters in Vauxhall, London.

  • Entering Holland Road Tube Station

    CCTV captures Williams entering Holland Road Tube Station on the 14th August 2010.

  • Holland Road Tube Station

    Caught on CCTV at Holland Road Tube Station the same day.

  • Hans Crescent

    Seen the next day on CCTV in Hans Crescent, London

  • Pimlico

    His body was found in a holdall in this Pimlico flat on the 24th of August 2010.

  • Holyhead, North Wales

    Williams' funeral was attended by Sir John Sawers, head of SIS.

  • Screengrab from a video reconstruction showing a yoga specialist trying to lock himself in a sports holdall unaided

  • Screengrab from a video reconstruction showing a person trying to close the zip and padlock themselves in a sports holdall unaided

  • Ten police images of the interior of Alderney Street, SW1

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Tim Veater
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07:33 PM on 04/24/2012
|Here's a few more - questions that is: Why have the authorities been so reluctant to suggest foul play and launch a murder hunt in the usual way? Why did British Government sources immediately ascribe the death to deviant sexual activity and apparently prove unco-operative to a police investigation? Why, if it was part of a sexual rite as was suggested, was a neatly folded pile of clothes found on the bed when the policeman entered? Why despite Mr Wilson being extremely neat and tidy, was his robe found on the floor? Where if Mr Williams was discovered naked in the hold-all, were his clothes taken off or ready to put on? What is the explanation for the forensically sterile flat? When did Mr Williams expire and was it as a result of being in the hold-all or for some other reason? How did the third party (for such there must have been) enter the flat and would a man of Mr Williams background have let in a stranger so easily with no sign of resistance. As a member of MI6, was Mr Williams issued with any form of protection or method of summoning help and if so where and what were they and were they used? What are MI6's standard operating procedures for Lone Workers and Agents and why did it take so long to raise the alarm? (Any employee missing from work would raise enquiries, let alone for spies!)
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cantabria
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06:41 AM on 05/03/2012
I think you asked all the questions there, the whole thing appears to be an internal cover up. I expect your comment will be removed as they don't like us commenting on this story. I suggest you copy and paste it somewhere else.
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