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Mystery of British spy found locked in a bag could be solved with single hair

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The murder of MI6 spy Gareth Williams could be solved by extracting DNA from a single hair found on his hand when he was discovered naked and locked in a bag at flat 11 years ago.

Detectives working on the murder inquiry have been baffled since his body was found inside a red holdall in the bathtub of his flat in Pimlico, central London.

At the time, forensic scientists believed the hair belonged to someone else, but were unable to extract a DNA profile from it.

However, due to technical advances, a leading scientist, Professor Angela Gallop, who founded the laboratory that carried out the testing in the elusive 'spy in the bag' case, says that 2mm of hair can lead to a profile.

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