25/08/2010

Police Investigate Murder Of 'MI6 Man'

Police have launched a murder investigation following the discovery of a man's body at a flat believed to be the home of an MI6 employee.

The body of the man, who is white and in his 30s, was found in a sports bag in the bathroom of the top floor flat in Alderney Street in Pimlico, central London on Monday afternoon.

Police were called after the man's work colleagues said that he had not been seen for at least ten days.

According to reports, a mobile phone and several SIM cards were found laid out in the flat.

The man has been named locally as Gareth Williams, from Anglesey. It has been widely reported that he worked for MI6, but the Foreign Office has neither denied nor confirmed this.

A murder investigation has been launched by Scotland Yard's Homicide and Serious Crime Command.

A post-mortem is due to be carried out.

(KMcA/GK)

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