Death of British spy found in locked gym bag ruled 'accident'

The Los Angeles Times ^ | November 13, 2013 | Carol J. Williams

[Bratch]

Scotland Yard on Wednesday reversed a coroner's finding of foul play in the 2010 death of British spy Gareth Williams, concluding that an accident was likely responsible for the death of the code-breaker whose naked, decomposing body was found stuffed inside a zipped and padlocked gym bag.

London Metropolitan Police investigators had undertaken a review of evidence in the case 16 months ago, after initial restrictions on homicide detectives' access to details of Williams' intelligence work were lifted by the British secret service, MI6.

Deputy Asst. Commissioner Martin Hewitt told journalists in London that investigators only had access to Williams' work files and colleagues after the coroner's conclusion in April 2012 that his death was likely "criminally mediated."

"On balance, it is a more probable conclusion that there was no other person present when Gareth died," Hewitt said, according to the Daily Telegraph.

[Calvin Locke]

One of my favs too.

However, it's too un-PC to be applied to stupid, ill- and mis-educated "victims" of their own actions, so it cannot really be used in the US any more.

That, and lawyers wouldn't be able to sue any deep pockets.

[o-n-money]

Bonnie’s not looking too good there.
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Wasn’t wearing her seatbelt.

[piasa]

Notice he didn’t say there was no other person present when Gareth first entered the bag.

How long after that was it before he died?