LONDON, June 14 (UPI) -- British comedian and television personality Michael Barrymore has been arrested in London on suspicion of murder and sexual assault.
Barrymore was reportedly being questioned by police in Essex about the murder of Stuart Lubbock, who was found dead next to Barrymore's swimming pool in 2001, The Times of London reported Thursday.
Two other men, Barrymore's former lover, Jonathan Kenney, and a garbageman, Justin Merritt, were also arrested.
The arrests came because of a review of Lubbock's death that was done in 2006.
"We had a review done last year as a matter of routine, looking at all unexplained cases and that has resulted in the action today, said a spokeswoman for the Essex police. "The officers would have to have grounds to arrest someone. The review will have gone over all the statements and every piece of forensic evidence and would have identified any new forensic opportunity, if there are any."
Lubbock was found dead at Barrymore's home in Roydon, a village east of London, on March 31, 2001.
Essex police did not directly identify the three men arrested but said they were being held "on suspicion of murder and serious sexual assault," said The Telegraph of London.
