MI6 (?) murder

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Terrible item of news:

http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2010/aug/25/mi6-wo...


What I found strange was the police quote:

The location of the five-storey townhouse, just a mile from MI6 headquarters, fuelled speculation that the man was working there before his death.
But a police source stressed that the man had not been formally identified, saying that while his employment documentation suggested he had indeed worked for the secret service, "he might have been an air conditioning technician rather than a spy".

Show me an air conditioning technician that can afford the rent on an apartment in a townhouse in Pimlico....??

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Marf said:

Nimbus said:

'cause its likely that if he really was any kind of MI6 spy ( as sky news seem very excited about ), that this story would be anywhere near the press...

Hide in plain sight, plausible deniability etc etc.

Sounds a bit messy for an assassination - if he was really (conspiracy hats on) targeted because he was MI6, I thought hitmen just shot them in the head a few times from close range and escaped as fast as possible... hiding body = time = increased risk of being caught and leaving forensic info behind?