Source claimed Barrymore ‘paid off witnesses’

Police investigating the death of a man found floating in Michael Barrymore’s pool received a tip he had ‘paid off’ two witnesses not to give evidence against him, a court heard. The TV comic, 65, is suing Essex Police for £2.5million over his 2007 arrest on suspicion of the rape and murder of Stuart Lubbock, who was found dead in his pool in 2001. Barrymore claims his arrest over Mr Lubbock’s death destroyed his career. Mr Lubbock suffered injuries consistent…