Britain Spy Slain
FILE - This undated file image made available in London Wednesday Sept. 1, 2010, by the London Metropolitan Police, shows British intelligence offici...
FILE - This undated file image made available in London Wednesday Sept. 1, 2010, by the London Metropolitan Police, shows British intelligence official Gareth Williams, 31, who worked for Britain's secret eavesdropping service GCHQ but was attached to the country's MI6 overseas spy agency when his naked and decomposing remains were found in curious circumstances in August 2010 at his central London apartment. The spy's manager at MI6 acknowledged he didn't raise the alarm for a week, and a second intelligence official, identified only as SIS F, said at the inquest hearing Thursday April 26, 2012, that she recognized the delay had an "impact on the police investigation", at which point some of Williams' relatives walked out in tears. (AP Photo/Metropolitan Police, ho, File) EDITORIAL USE ONLY
Britain Spy Slain
FILE - CCTV image issued by the London Metropolitan Police made available Thursday April 26, 2012, showing Gareth Williams at Holland Park Tube stati...
FILE - CCTV image issued by the London Metropolitan Police made available Thursday April 26, 2012, showing Gareth Williams at Holland Park Tube station in London on August 14 2010. In CCTV images of Gareth Williams's final days, he cuts a relaxed figure as he strolls around shops in central London. British intelligence official Gareth Williams, 31, who worked for Britain's secret eavesdropping service GCHQ but was attached to the country's MI6 overseas spy agency was found dead, naked and decomposing in curious circumstances in August 2010 at his central London apartment. The spy's manager at MI6 acknowledged he didn't raise the alarm for a week, and a second intelligence official, identified only as SIS F, said at the inquest hearing Thursday April 26, 2012, that she recognized the delay had an "impact on the police investigation", at which point some of Williams' relatives walked out of court in tears. (AP Photo/Metropolitan Police, ho, File) EDITORIAL USE ONLY
A coroner says the mysterious death of a British spy whose naked body was found inside a locked sports bag may never be solved.
Coroner Fiona Wilcox said Wednesday that it is unlikely the death of 31-year-old Gareth Williams would "ever be satisfactorily explained" as she began delivering an inquest verdict.
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.
