Report: Police probe into Lubbock death flawed

A POLICE investigation into the death of a man found floating in the pool of TV entertainer Michael Barrymore was flawed by serious errors and may have overlooked crucial evidence, a police report concluded yesterday.

Stuart Lubbock, 31, was found dead in Barrymore’s swimming pool in March 2001 after a party at what was then the entertainer’s home in Roydon in Essex.

Lubbock had sustained an array of internal injuries which indicated he may have been sexually assaulted before his death, but no one was ever charged in connection with the murder.