And SIS/GCHQ wonder why they have such a hard time recruiting staff.
I don't think anyone much thought it was anything but an extremely suspicious death. In many ways matching almost too perfectly the imaginary world of Spies we like to watch/read about.
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It's definitely weird, but there's a reason (https://www.theguardian.com/world/2012/apr/25/mi6-gareth-wil...) that they considered this as a real possibility:
> But his former landlady, Jennifer Elliot, told the inquest that three years before his death, she and her husband had heard Williams call for help at 1.30am from the annex flat he was renting from them in Cheltenham, where he worked at GCHQ.
> They let themselves in with the spare key and found the codes expert lying on his back on the bed, in boxer shorts, with his hands tied to the bed posts with material so tight it had cut his wrists.
> In a statement read to the inquest, Elliot said she and her husband had both been in shock. Her husband asked Williams: "What the bloody hell are you doing?" Williams told them: "I just wanted to see if could get myself free."
> The statement added that he did not appear sexually aroused, and was "very embarrassed, panicky and apologetic."
> The couple, who never spoke to anyone about the incident, said they concluded it was "sexual rather than escapology".
Tie one hand very tight. Use a loop of rope for the other wrist, and loop it round the wrist too many times squeezing the hand though.
Use unsuitable rope
Use ratchet handcuffs and over tighten.
https://www.malwaretech.com/2016/05/infosec-without-degree.h...