Ash u3a Monthly Meeting
The Body In The Bag Affair - Gareth Williams
From 2:15 p.m. for 2:30 p.m. start
St. Mary's Church Hall
203 Vale Rd, Ash Vale, Aldershot GU12 5JE
Organiser: Diana Wilson / for more information phone 07742 657652
Speaker: Paul Barwick
‘The body in the bag affair’ looks at the mysterious death of MI6 spy and codebreaker Gareth Williams. In August 2010 Gareth failed to return to work at MI6 headquarters in Vauxhall after a period of annual leave. When concerned family had Police attend his Pimlico flat they found Gareth dead. He was unclothed, placed into a large sports bag, padlocked from the outside and placed in his bath. There were no signs of a struggle and the flat, an MI6 safe house was locked from the outside.
Paul Barwick recalls how events unfolded to a disbelieving world. He asks if this was a tragic accident, a deliberate act by Gareth or something a lot more sinister. He looks at the part played by MI6 and the Police service enquiry and ask whether international agents of espionage had a hand in his demise.