Death of Stuart Lubbock

Stuart Lubbock (1 October 1969 – 31 March 2001) was an English meat-factory worker who died under suspicious circumstances at the home of television personality Michael Barrymore on 31 March 2001. Barrymore and two others present – James Futers and Simon Shaw – reported finding Lubbock unconscious in the swimming pool of Barrymore's home in Roydon, Essex, earlier that morning. He was subsequently discovered by the examining pathologist to have suffered serious anal injuries, with traces of ecstasy, cocaine and alcohol in his blood. Barrymore's television career effectively ended as a result of the police investigation and legal action around the case.