MI6 spy Gareth Williams complained of friction at work, inquest told

Gareth Williams, the intelligence worker found dead in a padlocked holdall at his London flat, had requested a transfer from MI6 and had been due to move one week after his body was found, an inquest heard.

The cycling enthusiast was due to return to the intelligence agency GCHQ in Cheltenham after complaining of "friction" at work and his dislike of the "rat race", his sister, Ceri Subbe, told Westminster coroners court.

Williams, 31, a cipher and codes expert, who was so secretive about his work that his parents and sister did not know the nature of his job, was on a three-year secondment to MI6 when he was found in the locked bag in his bath on 25 August 2010.        Full Read