Michael Barrymore has been released without charge after being questioned about the death of a meat factory worker who was found in his swimming pool six years ago. Essex Police had declined to confirm they were holding Barrymore, but his lawyer said on Friday his cliient had not been charged andhe categorically denied the allegations that he was involved in the death. The body of butcher Stuart Lubbock was found at Barrymore's home in Essex, in March 2001. Barrymore and two other men aged 32 and 37 were arrested on Thursday on suspicion of murder and serious sexual assault. Lubbock, 31, was pronounced dead in hospital the morning after he was found at 55-year-old Barrymore's Essex mansion after a party. Post mortem tests indicated Lubbock had drowned and an inquest recorded an open verdict on his death. But the coroner said he had been found with drugs and alcohol in his system and with serious anal injuries, suggesting he had been the victim of a violent sexual assault. His father Terry always 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. "There was, I think, an elaborate attempt to deceive the police and the pathologist," Terry Lubbock's lawyer told BBC TV. "I think there was no way this was a drowning. Something else very sinister happened that night." Related links: www.gaynz.com/news/default.asp?dismode=article Ref: Reuters (m)