The inquest continues about the 31 year old MI6 officer, Gareth Williams, whose naked dead body was discovered in a padlocked holdall bag in the bath at his London flat back in August 2010. Speculation has been rife after police said that £15,000-worth of unworn women's designer clothing was found at his flat. This was in addition to tickets to drag shows and mobile browsing records of visits to online bondage sites. This week it has emerged that his landlady had once had to untie him from the bed, after he'd shouted for help, having been tied there in his boxer shorts.
I've been following the story for months and was reading the latest installment in work today. Swimming tonight, I couldn't help but think that it's too early to tell what actually went on leading up to his death but it's hardly a straight forward case. The press is bubbling over with hints and nudges of the "exotic life" he may have led; reading between the lines, they can hardly contain their prurient excitement. It must be hugely upsetting for his family hearing this salacious speculation played out in public.
Given the "nudge, nudge; wink, wink" attitude of the press, it's small wonder that a female friend is explaining the women's clothes as probable gifts for her or his sister, along with refuting the idea point blank that he might have been gay. This denial seems a little forced but understandable, given that some hack's imagination is running wild on the front pages every day.
Whatever the outcome, whatever the circumstances; it's sad that a 31 year old man with everything to live for should have his life cut short at such an early age.
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