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[font size="4"]Coroner: UK spy found in sports bag likely killed[/font]
Associated PressBy DAVID STRINGER | Associated Press – 1 hr 39 mins ago
LONDON (AP) — A coroner said Wednesday a British spy whose naked body was found inside a locked sports bag was likely killed in a criminal act, but acknowledged the riddle of how he met his mysterious death may never be solved.
Coroner Fiona Wilcox said it was unlikely that the demise of code breaker Gareth Williams, 31, would "ever be satisfactorily explained," despite a 21-month police inquiry, and seven days of expert evidence to an inquest hearing.
Williams worked for Britain's secret eavesdropping service GCHQ but was attached to the MI6 overseas spy agency when his remains were found in August 2010 at his London apartment, in the bag and inside a bathtub.
Wilcox said the spy was likely killed either by suffocation or poisoning in a "criminally meditated act" and acknowledged it was possible that an intelligence agency colleague may have been involved. ...................(more)
The complete piece is at: http://news.yahoo.com/coroner-uk-spy-found-sports-bag-likely-killed-132247514.html