Blair Guard Found Hanging

August 15, 2002

A SPECIAL Branch bodyguard to Tony Blair and his family was found hanged from the banisters at home, an inquest heard yesterday.

Det Insp Bill Lloyd, 47, was discovered by his second wife Gillian with a car tow rope around his neck. She said in a statement: "He never suggested or intimated taking his own life ever." There was no note.

A police colleague said Mr Lloyd had admitted feeling "pretty down". The day before he died in May a doctor had prescribed "happy" pills.

Mr Lloyd, of Camberley, Surrey, had been part of the Blairs' protection team for several years and had frequently gone abroad with them. Verdict: Open.

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