[Schlick]

Replying to abbashop79:

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I have the advantage of having seen many of the Essex Police witness statements in this case. One of many striking things yet to emerge about this case is the extent to which the various witnesses, Michael Barrymore included, lied about the events of the night, and, crucially, gave vastly different accounts of how Stuart Lubbock's body was found.

According to the Michael Barrymore version, it was he who found Stuart Lubbock, not anyone else, when he just decided, out of the blue, to visit the jacuzzi (note, not the swimming pool).

There is no mention here of any others accompanying him, although other witnesses say that they found him, not Barrymore.

And according to Barrymore, he ‘found’ Stuart Lubbock's body, and I quote, "floating face upwards", whereas according to other witnesses, they found the body lying at the bottom of the pool.

Barrymore's friend, who lives nearby in Roydon, Simon Shaw, gives a wholly different version of how Stuart Lubbock was found. He told the Police: “After staying for a couple of hours, I decided to leave. Not knowing my way around the house, I left by the nearest door which led onto a patio area where there is a swimming pool. At this time I can recall seeing no-one else being on the patio area. I then saw a male in the pool. At first I thought he was swimming, but I quickly realised that he was on the bottom of the pool and I couldn't see him moving. I quickly kicked off my shoes and my trousers and dove [dived] into the pool, I swam down to the bottom..."

For sure, Barrymore and the other witnesses know what really happened. But they couldn't get their stories anywhere near matching each other when the Police took the initial statements...