Michael Barrymore.....

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Gecko1978

9,710 posts

157 months

Wednesday 12th December 2018
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I was always confused about this. Barrymore or someone had sex with the victim as it was alleged he suffered trauma but the act itself can cause trauma (hence why hiv was past more easily between gay men). An the victim had drugs in his system. So why was it not a case of boy meets Barrymore does a load of booze an coke has some rough sex an afterwards high an drunk falls in pool an drowns. Was there anything to suggest he was held under water deliberately etc

rover 623gsi

5,230 posts

161 months

Wednesday 12th December 2018
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Stuart Lubbock was heterosexual - no one has ever been able to produce any shred of evidence or hint that he may have been gay. Does that 100% mean he would not have consented to having sex with Barrymore - he only met for the first time that evening - I guess not. Still, there were only nine people, including Barrymore and Lubbock, at the party so you'd have thought someone would have been able to provide the police with a coherent version of events.

Alas, it seems the truth will not out.

And suspicion will abound.

Gecko1978

9,710 posts

157 months

Wednesday 12th December 2018
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rover 623gsi said:
Stuart Lubbock was heterosexual - no one has ever been able to produce any shred of evidence or hint that he may have been gay. Does that 100% mean he would not have consented to having sex with Barrymore - he only met for the first time that evening - I guess not. Still, there were only nine people, including Barrymore and Lubbock, at the party so you'd have thought someone would have been able to provide the police with a coherent version of events.

Alas, it seems the truth will not out.

And suspicion will abound.
So SL was not gay but does that mean Barrymore raped him (I assume evidence showed they he sex) but again does it mean he drowned him or was it an accident. I have little knowledge of the case so wonder why it was thought to be murder

tim0409

4,414 posts

159 months

Wednesday 12th December 2018
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I remember reading an in depth account of that night and there were lots of unanswered questions and suspicions about what actually happened (that he was moved to the pool after he had died), and the delay in reporting/time of death etc.

We will never know the truth, but I suspect that someone at that party escaped justice.

Oakey

27,567 posts

216 months

Gecko1978

9,710 posts

157 months

Wednesday 12th December 2018
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Oakey said:
thanks made a good read an basically says something went on that night an the 3 people who would know are not saying what which leads to suspicion. The victim did have injurys to one area of his body but not others and the level of drugs in his system may have also caused his death.

So did barrymore murder him...its not clear but it is certainly clear he has not told the whole story

anonymous-user

54 months

carinaman

21,292 posts

172 months

Monday 1st July 2019
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Essex police admitted Barrymore's arrest was unlawful was just reported on BBC Radio news.

Mojooo

12,720 posts

180 months

Monday 1st July 2019
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If I remember correctly the arrest was deemed unlawful because the person arresting him did so on the basis of someone else having the knowledge (i.e if the other person had doen the arrest then it would have been alwful). Therefore, whilst Barrymore was technically right, the fact is he still could have been legitimatley arrested.

I spose by winnign the case though he has got a lot of people thinking he should/could never have been arrested.

anonymous-user

54 months

Monday 1st July 2019
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Yes, and that 'technical' basis appears to be the root of why this has eventually been dropped.

carinaman said:
Essex police admitted Barrymore's arrest was unlawful was just reported on BBC Radio news.
Only several years ago.

Current and relevant as always.

carinaman

21,292 posts

172 months

Monday 1st July 2019
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La Liga said:
Only several years ago.

Current and relevant as always.
Didn't the police arrest Barrymore years after the death of Lubbock?

So I could be as current and relevant to be a police officer conducting an unlawful arrest?

My post was that BBC News reported that unlawful arrest this afternoon. I don't know why the BBC chose to mention that unlwaful arrest today. Perhaps the BBC News has to report all of the facts, rather than just some of them?

La Liga, you've just made another thread about me?

Edited by carinaman on Monday 1st July 20:20

PorkRind

3,053 posts

205 months

Tuesday 2nd July 2019
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esxste said:
Not funny, and not cool.
Quit virtue signalling.


Mandalore said:
Are you not familiar with comedy at all?

1. Read this, Straight lines. https://answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20111...

2. Be aware that i was tempted to crack a totally innocent joke about the pool having a skimmer.
But, you being such an obviously balanced and tolerant person, i didn't want to risky offending any pool cleaners.
thumbup

Edited by PorkRind on Tuesday 2nd July 16:09