British Spy Found Murdered

(London, England) Police have cordoned off the street where a British spy was found murdered and decomposing. Detectives believe he could have been killed up to two weeks ago.

The body of the agent, who was in his 30s, was discovered stuffed in a large sports bag in his bath in a flat just a few hundred yards from the headquarters of MI6. It is understood the man had been stabbed, possibly several times, and his body was decomposing when it was found.


Elsewhere in the top-floor flat - in a bizarre ritualistic scene - his mobile telephone and a collection of SIM cards were carefully laid out.

The dead man was understood to have been employed as a communications officer at the Government's ' listening post' - better known as GCHQ in Cheltenham, Gloucestershire. But it is thought he was on secondment to the headquarters at MI6, the Secret Intelligence Service, near the flat.

MI6 gathers secret information about Britain's overseas enemies, making the spy a possible target of terrorists.

The victim, thought to have a doctorate in maths from Cambridge University, was described by neighbours as mild-mannered and a keen cyclist.

The man lived in a street where houses sell for more than £1million, and it has been cordoned off at both ends since Monday night. Access is being granted only to residents.

It's curious that it took a couple weeks before anyone noticed he was missing. Or, maybe they didn't notice. It's a mystery.

[Add.] The deceased has been identified as Gareth Williams.


Gareth Williams, 31
According to this source, Williams was an MI6 worker on loan from the Foreign Office. An autopsy is being performed.

Interestingly, the entire block where the murder occurred is owned by a private company, New Rodina.

Its details are hidden because it is registered in the British Virgin Islands and is not listed with Companies House.

The word "rodina" means "motherland" in Russian and Bulgarian.

Heh.