October 2001: Barrymore accepts an official caution for drugs offences and allowing his home to be used for smoking cannabis. June 2001: Barrymore is quizzed a number of times during the course of the criminal investigation and spends a night in police custody in June after being arrested on drugs allegations arising from the inquiry. Pathologists tell a hearing in Epping that traces of cocaine, ecstasy and alcohol were found in Mr Lubbock's system. The entertainer is questioned by police.Īpril 2001: A post-mortem examination concludes the cause of death was drowning. March 31, 2001: Mr Lubbock, 31, of Harlow, Essex, is found dead at Barrymore's home in nearby Roydon following a party. The programme will piece together the perspectives of the Lubbock family, as well as those of the detectives, forensic pathologists and eyewitnesses to explore what happened that night at Barrymore's Essex bungalow, and the events that followed.
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The coach driver is now in a relationship with a new man.Ĭhannel 4 director of programmes Ian Katz said: 'This remarkable film, with never-before-seen police evidence and exclusive interviews with those involved in the investigation, reminds us that, 19 years on, no one has yet been held accountable for the tragedy.' The presenter's ex-lover, 49, revealed to friends: 'We all had a really good time,' in reference to the fateful house party at Mr Barrymore's mansion according to The Sun. It comes as Mr Barrymore's ex-lover Jonathan Kenney told friends he 'had a good time' on the night of Mr Lubbock's death. Then, as he waits for the ambulance to arrive, he adds: 'I think the geezer's dead mate.' The party-goer tells the call handler he has not gone out to a party in four years because of his childcare duties before adding: 'F***ing hell, you don't expect it do you.' He adds: 'There's a party going on and someone's just gone out and found him.'Īnother image from Barrymore's house shows glasses stacked up in the kitchen sink They ask if he is still in the water, to which the man replies: 'No, we've got them out.'
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In it, an unknown reveller who also attended the party at Barrymore's house tells of how he had just stepped out into the TV presenter's garden when he spotted Mr Lubbock's body just after 5.30am.Īfter the man gives the 999 operator Barrymore's address he tells them: 'A geezer's drowned in the pool'. The new documentary also aired the phone call that first alerted emergency services to the tragedy for the first time. Mr Miller also admitted that he thought Barrymore was 'in no fit state to entertain' when he dropped the group off, just after 2.30am. The taxi driver added that, halfway through the journey to Barrymore's home, the TV star leaned forward and whispered to him: 'I could do with a f*** right now.' Speaking in the documentary, Mr Miller said Barrymore 'liked a drink', and appeared to be drunk outside the nightclub. Mr Lubbock was found with 'horrific' anal injuries and police believe that he was raped and murdered - though Barrymore has always denied any wrongdoing. Mr Miller said he drove them and two others to Barrymore's estate in Essex, ahead of a party which would end with Mr Lubbock being found lifeless in the swimming pool. In it, taxi driver Keith Miller said he picked Barrymore and Mr Lubbock up outside of a nightclub in Essex just after 2am on March 31, 2001, the night the younger man died. The Channel 4 documentary examined Mr Lubbock's death.
In the video, Barrymore - who suffered a huge fall from stardom after Mr Lubbock's death - said: 'I've been asked by various sections of the press to comment upon the Channel 4 documentary that is to be broadcast tonight.
Mr Lubbock was found with horrendous injuries in the pool of Barrymore's Essex home in the early hours of March 31, 2001.īarrymore was arrested in connection with the death before later being released without charge. The TV star said he has 'constantly pressed' for an independent police force to investigate the incident. His intervention came ahead of a Channel 4 documentary on the death of Mr Lubbock, which aired on Thursday night.
Michael Barrymore took to Twitter yesterday to defend himself over the death of Stuart Lubbock, who was found lifeless in his swimming pool in March 2001.īarrymore, 67, claimed he had been getting 'bashed and bullied' by the media and said his 'heartfelt sympathies' are with the Lubbock family - though he insists that he had nothing to do with Stuart's death.