UK - Stuart Lubbock, raped & killed, Michael Barrymore mansion, Essex, 31 Jan 2001 *arrest in 2021*

[missacorah]

Barrymore arrested

DISCUSSIONS

By ONLINE REPORTER
JUNE 14, 2007

COMIC Michael Barrymore has today been arrested by police investigating the murder of a man found dead in his swimming pool six years ago, sources said.
Barrymore, 55, was pulled in for questioning with two other men by detectives in Essex.
Essex police did not name any of the men but said three suspects - aged 32, 37 and 55 - were being held on suspicion of the murder of Stuart Lubbock.
They were also being questioned about allegations of sexual assault, the force said.
Butcher Mr Lubbock, of Harlow, Essex, was found in a swimming pool at Mr Barrymore’s home in Roydon, Essex, in March 2001.
It is the second time Barrymore has been arrested in connection with the death at his Roydon home.
Three months after Mr Lubbock’s death, Barrymore was arrested on suspicion of possessing class A and class B drugs, as well as other drugs offences.



Two other men arrested at the same time, one from Blackpool and another from Harlow, Essex, were arrested on suspicion of murdering Mr Lubbock.
In October 2001, Barrymore accepted an official caution for drugs offences and allowing his home to be used for smoking cannabis.
The other men were released without charge.
An independent inquiry into complaints by Mr Lubbock’s family over the Essex Police investigation has been put on hold.
The Independent Police Complaints Commission (IPCC) said the decision was made after the three arrests were made today.

 

[Tony Bennett]

I hope nobody minds my mentioning this here, but in July 2007 I published a book (404pp.) on the Stuart Lubbock case (together with father Terry Lubbock) titled:

"NOT AWIGHT: Getting Away With Murder" (copyright, all rights reserved).

Phil Taylor, the Associate Editor of Britain's best-selling Sunday newspaper, described it as follows: "This book includes a damning dossier on how Essex Police bungled their £8 million [= $16 million] invesigation into how Stuart Lubbock died, and reveals the massive contradictions in the accounts witnesses gave of that night's events".

The book's available from me at a discounted price of £7 plus postage:

0044 1279 635 789

or

e-mail: ajsbennett@btinternet.com

My main conclusion after I sifted through all the police and other material I was allowed to see?

Stuart Lubbock was murdered, quite possibly gang-raped. He did not drown in the swimming pool that night. In fact, he didn't even enter the swimming pool that night, and neither did anyone else. The swmming pool cover was only opened after he died. The 'drowning' was a well-executed smokescreen.

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P.S. I am currently investigating the deaths of Lee Balkwell (see Wikipedia) and Madeleine McCann - I have contributed occasionally to the Madeleine McCann thread on this Forum.

It is claimed that Lee Balkwell died as the result of a 'tragic accident' in a concrete mixer at 1.00am on Friday 18 July 2002.

It is claimed that Madeleine McCann was kidnapped by an abductor at around 9.15am on Thursday 3 May 2007.

I believe both claims to be (a) untrue and (b) fabricated.

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Please also see this link from 27 April 2008, which very much confirms the thesis in my book. Shame it's taken the cops 7 years to get here:

http://www.people.co.uk/news/news/tm_method=full%26objectID=20397007%26siteID=93463-name_page.html

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[philamena]

Tony Bennet!
I Love Your Voice :clap:

 

[Tony Bennett]

The solution to the tragic death of Stuart Lubbock at Michael Barrymore's home in 2001 may have come closer with the recent revelation by a British 'Red Top' newspaper that an unnamed male has come forward to Essex Police and told them about the two men who raped Stuart Lubbock the night he died - and thereby killed him.

This is not a million miles away from information given me by an underworld source (but not quoted in my book) that Stuart was 'gang-raped' to death.

Also, the Criminal Injuries Compensation Authority changed their minds about compensating Terry Lubbock for his son's death. Earlier, back in 2002, they refused to pay out because, according to Essex Police information, Stuart Lubbock was NOT, on the balance of probabilities, killed as a result of a crime of violence.

This time round, the claim that I put in for Terry Lubbock was successful, the CICA's decision being that, on the balance of probabilities, Stuart Lubbock DID die as the result of a crime. Terry Lubbock received the standard payout of £5,500 ($11,000) for a parent bereaved of a child by a crime of violence, plus £1,300 ($2,500) for funeral expenses, total £6,800 ($13,500)

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[Tony Bennett]

The Attorney-General has refused Terry Lubbock's request for a second inquest into his son's death at Michael Barrymore's home on 31 March 2001:

http://www.harlowherald.co.uk/conte...latestHLH&itemid=WEED28 Jul 2008 14:16:55:890

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[dotr]

Nov 19 2018
Police appealing against Barrymore wrongful arrest payout ruling
"The force had argued that the comedian and TV presenter should only receive a nominal payout, but Mr Justice Stuart-Smith rejected that argument.

Mr Barrymore, who brought his legal action against the police under his real name, Michael Ciaran Parker, values his compensation claim at more than £2.4 million."
"The force submitted Mr Barrymore could have been lawfully arrested by another officer, meaning that only an award of nominal damages should be made, rather than the “substantial” sum sought by the star."
"Hugh Tomlinson QC told the judge during a High Court hearing that Mr Barrymore was never charged with any offence and the Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) later made it “crystal clear” there was no basis for any charges.

He said Mr Barrymore remained convinced that Mr Lubbock’s injuries were not caused at his home but he did not know what had happened.

He added: “This arrest was made without any proper evidential foundation.

“However, the fact that it had happened, and the worldwide publicity it received, destroyed the claimant’s career.”

Mr Lubbock’s body was found in the pool after a party where drugs and alcohol were consumed.

A post-mortem examination revealed that he had suffered serious anal injuries."

 

[Mrs Marple]

What do we know about SL and his life before this incident?

I know that MBs mother still lived in a tower block at the height of his fame. Didn6't make him a murderer of course.

 

[AllyBeeUK]

I don't know if it's good form to resurrect this thread considering the time it has been inactive however, there is a documentary airing on Ch 4 on Thursday night. MB has recently been making attempts to revive his career which has inevitably meant a resurgence of interest in this unsolved case.

DCI Jennings of Essex Police said "I believe very much that Stuart Lubbock was raped and murdered that night."

Having done some research into the autopsy report I am inclined to agree with him. Of course, I will make no accusations towards any individual but there is certainly a lot of people who need to do a lot of talking.

I will watch with interest as I have the distinct feeling that this case will not be unsolved for much longer.

 

[tresir2012]

I just heard about this on the BBC Vine show today. It does seem that the case should be looked at again.

Here's some recent links :-

Stuart Lubbock's father tells Michael Barrymore to 'come clean' over death

Police probing 'murder' of man in Michael Barrymore's swimming pool believe TWO people were involved | Daily Mail Online

And here's the wiki on it which has it's own links.

Michael Barrymore - Wikipedia

 

[AllyBeeUK]

It really is incredibly disturbing, his injuries were horrific beyond words. A lot of online commentators seem to be buying the line that Stuart was drunk or high and accidentally drowned. Just a cursory glance at the pathology reports show this is not the case. Stuart Lubbock was the victim of a very serious sexual assault, the injuries he sustained during this assault contributed to, or directly caused his death. Five of the country's top pathologists agree on this. There is no evidence that SL drowned, his lungs showed none of the characteristic signs of drowning. When police arrived SL was on the side of the pool, the only evidence that he was ever in the water was the oral evidence of the eight "witnesses" present.

Stuart's father has been stoic and determined in pursuit of justice for his son. He is not a money grabber, or attention seeker who is just dragging this up for 5 minutes of fame, as he has been accused. I would not be surprised if we see some arrests very soon and I hope that Terry Lubbock will live to see justice for his child.

 

[AllyBeeUK]

Excellent article by Elizabeth Yardley, Professor of Criminology.

Stuart Lubbock has been denied justice because of cop culture and police homophobia in the early 2000s, says criminologist

There was a massive problem with homophobia during the 80s and 90s which extended into the early 2000s. I don't doubt this had an impact on how SL was viewed by the authorities and the wider public. Having dipped into some social media commentary in the last couple of days, such attitudes are sadly still prevelant.

It will be interesting to see if and how opinions may change once the documentary has aired tomorrow.

 

[altojack]

Excellent article by Elizabeth Yardley, Professor of Criminology.

Stuart Lubbock has been denied justice because of cop culture and police homophobia in the early 2000s, says criminologist

There was a massive problem with homophobia during the 80s and 90s which extended into the early 2000s. I don't doubt this had an impact on how SL was viewed by the authorities and the wider public. Having dipped into some social media commentary in the last couple of days, such attitudes are sadly still prevelant.

It will be interesting to see if and how opinions may change once the documentary has aired tomorrow.

I haven't read much on social media so cannot comment. However, I can add that Stuart was the father of two children and as far as I am aware he had been married but had divorced.

 

[AllyBeeUK]

I haven't read much on social media so cannot comment. However, I can add that Stuart was the father of two children and as far as I am aware he had been married but had divorced.

There has been a lot of homophobic comments about him being in the closet and victim blaming re: drugs and alcohol consumed. His orientation doesn't make a blind bit of difference, but as far as anyone knows he was heterosexual.

I find it fascinating how blinkered a lot of people can be because they have seen someone on tv, or because they have their album. Fascinating and horrifying in equal measure.

I won't cast aspersions on any individual as there were a number of people present that night, but somebody did something to him and one or more people know who. I hope someone will listen to their conscience.

 

[altojack]

I've read in the press that that evening Stuart was outside in the hot tub with two other men, they were named. The two came back into the bungalow later but Stuart wasn't with them. To my mind those two need to be questioned again and no doubt with this fresh police enquiry all those who attended will be questioned.

I also remember reading a couple of years back that MB was in The High Court in London, he had paid two witnesses off to not give evidence. Think it was around 2016/17. Haven't got time to google as I'm busy right now so JMO for now.

 

[Mrs Marple]

I will be watching too.

 

[AllyBeeUK]

Two teenage girls aged approximately 18/19 were also at the gathering, they had been picked up at Millennium nightclub, as were the other guests. I have already read details of their statements, they make some interesting comments. IMO these girls are the most honest and reliable witnesses as they did not know, and had no prior connection to MB or anybody else present, therefore no loyalty.

ETA: IMO all of the guests need to be reinterviewed, although given their reluctantce to talk this would probably require arrest. There seems to be a lot of extra detail in the statements about SL "larking about" in the pool, they really wanted to get that detail out there. This gives me pause.

 

[Ann Blyth]

Couldn’t find a link to this case anywhere on here, and there is a program on Channel 4 tonight at 9pm about this mystery, thought I should make a thread

EBM wrong link, correct link below...

An hour-by-hour analysis of the night Stuart Lubbock died at Michael Barrymore's home

 

[AllyBeeUK]

I can't find anything about CPR in any of the statements, maybe the documentary will answer my question; did anybody attempt to resuscitate SL? If not, why not?

ETA: the beginning of the 999 call the (as yet) unidentified caller says "I think the geezer's dead." Why would he say that? He's only just been found. It's perfectly possible he is not breathing but alive and able to be resuscitated. Unless the call was made quite some time after SL met his demise, and the caller knows this.

 

[HongKongPhooey]

Thanks for the reminder

 

[altojack]

Quite obvious that silence is the order of the day even now. After watching the documentary tonight I'm even more convinced that there is a cover up going on. Several of the guests didn't know MB until meeting him that evening, a few did know him and had been back to his place several times.

I'm going to wait and see how the thread goes before I say too much more as I do have a theory but don't want to mention names just yet.

I only found out from Mailonline dated 4 Feb 2020 that one of the males who left early after Stuart was removed from the water was a neighbour of MB. So the neighbour and another male guest who both knew MB left to go to his home, joined by MB.


Can't get link from Mailonline on iPad sorry.