lONDON - Entertainer Michael Barrymore learns on Monday whether he faces charges over the death of a meat factory worker who was found in his swimming pool six years ago.
Barrymore, 55, and two other men are due to report back to Essex Police after being arrested in
June on suspicion of murder and serious sexual assault.
Barrymore's lawyer categorically denied allegations his client was involved in the death of 31-year-old Stuart Lubbock, whose body was found at the entertainer's home in Essex in March 2001.
After questioning, the three men were released without charge on police bail.
Post mortem tests indicated Lubbock had drowned and an inquest recorded an open verdict on his death.
The coroner said he had been found with drugs and alcohol in his system and with serious anal injuries, which suggested he had been the victim of a violent sexual assault.
Lubbock's father Terry refused to accept the death was an accident and campaigned for the case to be re-examined.
In December last year detectives said they would reopen their probe, following a review.
Terry Lubbock told Reuters on Sunday he would continue his campaign if no charges were brought.
"If I don't get the charges I want - murder, rape and perverting the course of justice - my campaign is still going to roll," he said.
The scandal surrounding Lubbock's death destroyed Barrymore's once successful TV career.
He left Britain for self-imposed exile in New Zealand in the wake of the negative publicity but made a successful return in 2006 when he appeared in Channel 4's "Celebrity Big Brother" reality TV show.
When Essex police announced last year they would reopen their investigation Barrymore said he was "delighted and thrilled".
"I'm willing to do all I can to bring this matter to a correct and proper closure," he said.
"This issue must be concluded for everybody's sake so that we can all carry on with our lives."
- REUTERS
