The Body in the Bag: New Revelations TV -
In 2010 the death of an MI6 spy found locked in a bag in his bath shocked Britain and the world. The authorities ruled it a tragic accident. But some have serious doubts. The Body in the Bag: Who Killed Gareth Williams? Aka The Spy in the Bag: New Revelations, Channel 5 2025
The Secret Intelligence Service was awakening to a new era of Cold War espionage. ibid.
‘It was certainly bizarre and rare.’ ibid. rozzer
£20,000 worth of women’s clothes were found. ibid.
A search history that included bondage sites. ibid.
Television news bulletins were all too happy to broadcast the salacious details of his death. ibid.
Gareth passed his GCSEs age 10, and his first degree by 17. ibid.
Could Gareth’s death be linked to Russia? ibid.
‘The list is really quite long … the police in this country have been quite happy to conclude suicide in the most unlikely circumstances.’ ibid. Norman Baker
‘There was no trace at all anywhere of his, in this bath or around the bath.’ ibid. comment
Why was the heating turned up to the highest setting? ibid.
Why wouldn’t MI6 attend the address, a 5-minute walk from their office? ibid.
‘MI6 spy Gareth Williams was ‘killed by Russia for refusing to become double agent’, former KGB man claims’. ibid. newspaper headline
‘I think what Gareth may have stumbled across is the identity of a Russian mole inside GCHQ.’ ibid. Baker
2024: ‘It seemed the police wanted to re-examine matters.’ ibid.