The Death Of Stuart Lubbock In Michael Barrymore's Pool - Part 4
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4.5 • 6.8K Ratings
🗓️ 1 June 2020
⏱️ 60 minutes
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PLEASE LISTEN TO ‘SEASON 4 - EPISODES 49, 50 & 51’ FOR PARTS ONE, TWO AND THREE OF THIS FOUR-PART CASE.
Stuart Lubbock’s family would not see the justice they rightfully deserved, but Michael Barrymore felt he too was a victim — he claimed his arrest on suspicion of murder in 2007 was a miscarriage of justice (Part 4 of 4).
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| 0:00.0 | Welcome to season 4, episode 52 of They Walk Among Us. |
| 0:27.7 | A podcast dedicated to UK through crime. |
| 0:38.7 | Please listen to season 4, episodes 49, 50 and 51 for parts 1, 2 and 3 of this four part case. |
| 0:49.5 | This is the final episode of season 4. |
| 0:55.8 | Listen to caution is advised, as this episode contains adult themes and descriptions that |
| 1:01.5 | some listeners may find distressing. |
| 1:14.8 | It had been 15 years since Stuart Lubbock died. |
| 1:19.9 | Stuart's body exhibited signs of a brutal sexual assault, and questions remained as to the |
| 1:25.9 | exact cause of his death. |
| 1:28.8 | It was at first ruled a drowning after Stuart was said to have been pulled from the water |
| 1:33.3 | of a swimming pool owned by former television personality Michael Barrymore. |
| 1:39.6 | Along with Barrymore, seven other guests could provide few details on how the father of two |
| 1:44.9 | received such horrific injuries, let alone how he ended up lifeless in the water during |
| 1:50.4 | those early morning hours of March 31st 2001. |
| 1:56.1 | As detectives considered that there was something more sinister at play, just over two months |
| 2:01.1 | after Stuart died, several arrests were made in connection with his death. |
| 2:06.7 | Jonathan Kenny Barrymore's then boyfriend, and Justin Merritt, a refuse collector who had |
| 2:12.6 | met Barrymore along with some other partygoers during the evening of March 30th at the Millennium |
| 2:18.6 | nightclub. |
| 2:19.6 | However, no one was ultimately charged. |
| 2:24.3 | Michael Barrymore had also been arrested, that this related to suspected drug offences, |
| 2:30.2 | and he was given a caution for possessing cannabis and for allowing his home to be used |
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