The Michael Barrymore / Stuart Lubbock case

...sorry. I confused myself, but I understand what you're saying. And agree.

Andrew, I've deleted a sentence here and the next couple of posts.

Any one reading the reports of this,I think he may well regret the route he's taken.

I really hope that he gets nothing other than the £1.00 nominal damages!

http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/man-who-died-michael-barrymores-10946337

Tony has said that for once he is lost for words - understandably so!

The investigating officer has said there was no motive for murder.

Silly man.

There doesn`t have to be a motive - just a gathering of wackos all high on cocaine.

I don't think he was killed intentionally.

As Mimi says, they were all out of their heads on drugs, not to mention alcohol. That doesn't necessarily make people violent and act out of character but it is a possibility.

I wonder if someone made a pass at Stuart and he reacted angrily, insults were exchanged and then things took a dreadful turn.

Words fail me!

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-40972546

A new report in the Harlow Star today.

http://www.essexlive.news/stuart-lubbock-s-father-hopes-for-second-inquest-for-son-found-dead-at-michael-barrymore-s-mansion/story-30516051-detail/story.html

TB will not be happy.

New Inquest has been blocked by Attorney General.




BREAKING NEWS: Attorney General blocks application for a fresh inquest into the death of Stuart Lubbock who died in Michael Barrymore's swimming pool



[*]Fresh inquest into death of Stuart Lubbock blocked by Attorney General
[*]Lubbock was found dead at the home of entertainer Michael Barrymore in 2001
[*]His father submitted request under the Coroners Act 1988 citing new evidence
[*]Mr Wright blocked the application citing a lack of sufficient admissible evidence


Published: 12:43, 18 January 2018 | Updated: 13:57, 18 January 2018






Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-5283989/Attorney-General-blocks-new-Stuart-Lubbock-death-inquest.html




More on above link.

From the link above this is a good useful timeline of events...

TIMELINE OF BARRYMORE'S CASE 

• March 31, 2001: Mr Lubbock, 31, of Harlow, Essex, is found dead at Barrymore's home in nearby Roydon following a party. The entertainer is questioned by police.

• October 2001: Barrymore accepts an official caution for drugs offences and allowing his home to be used for smoking cannabis. No further charges are brought.

• September 2002: An inquest in Epping records an open verdict on Mr Lubbock's death. Medical experts tell the hearing that he had suffered severe internal injuries, suggesting he may have been the victim of a serious sexual assault. Alcohol, cocaine and Ecstasy were also found in his system.
Barrymore gives evidence, but refuses to answer questions over allegations that he gave Mr Lubbock cocaine just hours before his body was found.

• September 21: ITV announces that it has 'no plans' to commission any further shows from the star, who had been one of television's highest-paid entertainers and reportedly on a £2 million contract with the channel.

• September 30: Barrymore tells GMTV he is 'sad and sorry' over the death, and offers to meet Mr Lubbock's family
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• September 2003: Barrymore abandons a comeback attempt after the first three nights of his one-man show in London receive bad reviews.

• December 2003: Amid reports that he has received a £1.4 million tax bill, he leaves the UK to live in New Zealand with his long-term partner Shaun Davis.

• May 2004: Barrymore announces that he has filed for voluntary bankruptcy in the UK because of the 'unexpected' tax demand.

• April 2005: Barrymore's ex-wife Cheryl dies from breast cancer. He is reportedly not invited to the funeral.

• January 2006: Barrymore returns to screens in the UK as a Celebrity Big Brother housemate. He remains in the house for three weeks and comes runner-up in the final poll, leading to speculation that his showbusiness career will be revived.
After emerging from the house, Barrymore holds a tearful two-hour meeting with Mr Lubbock's father Terry in a London hotel.
Mr Lubbock reportedly tells the entertainer he does not hold him 'responsible' for what happened to his son. Barrymore is said to have responded: 'It haunts me every day.'

• February: Mr Lubbock's family are blocked from launching a private prosecution against the celebrity. A district judge in Southend, Essex, rules there is insufficient evidence for a hearing on six offences - four related to the misuse of drugs, one alleging drunk and disorderly behaviour and one alleging assault.

• April 19: Police announce they are reviewing Mr Lubbock's death as part of 'routine' procedure.

• December: Essex Police begin a new inquiry into Mr Lubbock's death. Detectives say their decision to reinvestigate follows a review of the initial inquiry.

• January 2007: A police watchdog announces an investigation into detectives' handling of the original inquiry in Mr Lubbock's death. The Independent Police Complaints Commission says it has decided to investigate aspects of the inquiry after receiving complaints from Mr Lubbock's family.

• March 30: On the sixth anniversary of Mr Lubbock's death, detectives investigating the case make a 'direct appeal' to 'those who have any information' about how he died. 

• June 14: Barrymore is arrested along with two other men, aged 37 and 32, on suspicion of serious sexual assault and murder.
The entertainer is released on police bail the following day.
Justin Merritt, from Harlow, Essex, is also released on police bail. The other man - Jonathan Kenny, from Blackpool, in Lancashire - is released on bail a day later.

February 2009: Independent Police Complaints Commission inquiry upholds six of 36 complaints and allegations made by Mr Lubbock's father.
The IPCC finds two pieces of evidence - a pool thermometer and a door handle - went missing after Mr Lubbock's death.
IPCC Commissioner David Petch says there were 'failings in some aspects of the investigation.'

July 2015: Barrymore sues Essex police over his wrongful arrest, issuing a writ against them in the High Court.


May 2017: A judge is to decide on the amount of compensation the entertainer should be paid. 

August 2017: Judge rules that Barrymore is to get 'more than nominal damages'

January 2018:  Attorney General Jeremy Wright blocks fresh inquest into death of Mr Lubbock 




Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-5283989/Attorney-General-blocks-new-Stuart-Lubbock-death-inquest.html

That is devastating news for the Lubbock family.

I just hope that Michael Barrymore receives nothing other than token damages as that would really rub salt into the wound.

I don't recall ever reading any comments from Stuart's mother about the case. Does anyone know if she is still alive?

Here is what Tony posted yesterday. There is also the full notification from the Attorney General of the refusal to hold a second inquest but that won't copy over.

"I am pleased to report that Terry Lubbock is already coming to terms with his disappointing news and we are already planning some new action - not seeking a fresh inquest - which I may be able to report on here in due course.

I would like to thank @Ladyinred for her kind comments above but most especially on this occasion thank Jill who has kindly allowed me over the years to report all the ups and downs in the struggles of Terry Lubbock and Les Balkwell for justice.

The agony of this case is knowing that Stuart Lubbock was definitely killed by a violent sexual assault by two or more people, yet the Coroner and the Attorney-General say this can't be proved.

And also we can be certain that a minimum of six, and probably all eight of those who visited Michael Barrymore's home that fateful night, and of course Barrymore himself, know fine well what caused Stuart's death. They then successfully conspired, with the help of Essex Police after the event, to cover up his gruesome death by a tissue of lies about an alleged drowning.

The entire original inquest, and all the pathologists, were misled by the conspirators into believing that Stuart Lubbock went to swim that night in an ice cold pool that had not been opened all winter. It was a classic case of 'muddying the waters'. I can all but prove that only after Stuart's death did Barrymore open the pool cover and pretend that he had drowned. And to cap it all, the officer in charge of the case, Kevin Macey, allowed Barrymore's personal manager, Mike Browne, to remain within the crime scene and take the temperature of the pool - which to this day I say was faked.

Now, to add insult to injury, as per this Daily Mail report this week, Barrymore is trying to claim £20 million 'damages' for 'lost earnings' because, he says, of the police wrongly arresting him on suspicion of murder:

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-5320947/Michael-Barrymore-sue-police-20m-lost-earnings.html  Michael Barrymore to sue police for £20 million lost earnings


In a world where justice always prevailed, those who killed Stuart would have got life or have been hanged for murdering Stuart, and the conspirators handed down the stiffest penalties available for 'perverting the course of justice'. Instead, Essex Police might have to end up paying Barrymore £20 million - at taxpayers' expense.

It is a gross perversion of justice

If in any small way I may have contributed to Barrymore's loss of earnings, then...hooray! - I would regard it as a feather in my cap"

Some of those comments look libellous to me.

It is Mr Bennett though so nothing new there.

I must admit that I hadn't read it in detail before - long-winded articles, particularly from a certain source, make my eyes glaze over - but, now that I have, it is a bit OTT in places.

I'm going to mention this next bit on the theme of early news reports on an event which disappear and are never reprinted.

I have a distinct memory of an early article in the Daily Mail - it would have been in the paper edition as I had little if any access to the Internet then - which quoted Stuart Lubbock as saying on the way to MB's house "I can't believe that I've pulled Michael Barrymore".

Goodness knows to whom he supposedly said it and how it then got to the ears of a reporter. Complete hokum I guess. It would be interesting to know if there was a complaint about it.

https://www.msn.com/en-gb/entertainment/tv/michael-barrymore-makes-itv-return-16-years-on-from-being-dropped-when-stuart-lubbock-died-in-his-swimming-pool/ar-BBKA4BA?li=BBoPWjQ

I know someone who won't be watching - apart from me, that is!

I wonder why the amount of damages awarded has not been revealed, I'd love to know what it was.

Freedom wrote:https://www.msn.com/en-gb/entertainment/tv/michael-barrymore-makes-itv-return-16-years-on-from-being-dropped-when-stuart-lubbock-died-in-his-swimming-pool/ar-BBKA4BA?li=BBoPWjQ

I know someone who won't be watching - apart from me, that is!

I wonder why the amount of damages awarded has not been revealed, I'd love to know what it was.

Bet he didn't get the £2.5 he was hoping for.

I sincerely hope not! £2.50 would be fine though.

I've now found out that the damages have yet to be decided.

"The judge did not decide on the sum to be awarded, which will be decided at a later hearing".

Tony has posted that the hearing will be on 20th and 21st November.

Watch this space and keep your fingers crossed that sanity will prevail for once.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-essex-46276134

Sanity has prevailed


Michael Barrymore LOSES damages appeal against police over wrongful arrest

https://www.mirror.co.uk/3am/celebrity-news/breaking-michael-barrymore-loses-24million-13724379

From article link above..


Last year, the High Court ruled that he was entitled to 'more than nominal damages', paving the way for him to levy his £2.4million claim.

However, today's Court of Appeal hearing went in favour of the force, which argued he should receive only a nominal payment of £1.

HOORAY!!!!

I don't suppose that anyone will be hurt in a stampede to watch but Michael Barrymore will be on the Piers Morgan show tonight.

https://inews.co.uk/culture/michael-barrymore-piers-morgan-life-stories-itv-when-time-pool-death-stuart-lubbock/

Here's the programme. I haven't seen it but, from what I've heard from others, there's nothing new in it.

https://www.itv.com/hub/piers-morgans-life-stories/1a7234a0090