After his mother raised concerns over previous inquiries by the Met Police, the City of London Police are looking into Mark Blanco’s death plunge during a drug-fuelled party.
In order to solve allegations that an actor was allegedly torn to death after arguing with Pete Doherty, police are considering employing a retired judge.
Mark Blanco, 30, died during a drug-fuelled party in 2006 and the case has never been resolved despite his mum’s relentless fight for justice. Now an outside police force is examining the case to decide whether to launch a full review. It comes two years after a Channel 4 documentary, Pete Doherty, Who Killed My Son?, suggested Mark had been murdered after an FBI expert found he was thrown to his death.
He was allegedly kicked out of the “crack den” by Doherty’s literary agent Paul Roundhill and minder Johnny “Headlock” Jeannevol during a row. Mark resurrected two minutes later before mysteriously falling from a balcony.
Police conducted an investigation, but no charges have been filed. A coroner rejected the suggestion that the Cambridge graduate’s death was suicide.
As the Metropolitan Police considers the case’s shelve decision, Sheila Blanco, his grieving mother, and City of London Police Commander Umer Khan met on Friday for a meeting.
Sheila told the Mirror: “I found the City of London Police to be open, less defensive and very different to the meetings I’ve had with the Met. They will look at material provided by the Met, but we don’t know what that contains. Commander Khan may get a retired judge and others to assist them in their review.”
Sheila claimed that the police conducted an improper investigation into the death of her son right away. The Met “totally ignored the thorough analysis presented in the C4 documentary Pete Doherty, Who Killed My Son”? According to her, “Mark was murdered,” according to Grant Fredericks, an FBI instructor and pioneering forensic scientist, as the Mirror reported at the time.
I was aware right away that Mark was most likely unconscious when he passed away. This has been supported by experts like Professor Richard Wassersug from 2009 and John Kennedy from 2012 and 2017, but the Met has frequently disregarded their work as being unimportant.
“I welcome Commander Khan and his team’s knowledgeable eyes on the Met’s 19-year apathy toward crime in Mark’s case. We are aware of what transpired, but I want to know who was responsible for Mark’s death, in fact, the coroner requested the Met to look into at the Inquest in 2007. “
According to a 2011 study from neurobiology expert Professor Wassersug, Mark’s head injuries did not support his intentional jumping. Mr. Kennedy, who has testified in numerous cases in the UK and abroad using video forensics, has previously stated that his fall’s CCTV showed no indication of a defensive movement or push-up.
Grant Frederick, a FBI instructor, informed the filmmakers that new CCTV analysis revealed Mark had been “thrown over the balcony.” In order to “step back in time,” he used 3D and reverse projection, overlaying new film on the original images.
According to Mr. Frederick, “The reverse projection clearly demonstrates that there couldn’t be just one person on the balcony.” I would notice that Mark has exited and that someone has taken him and positioned him over the balcony. If the measurements and the distance are accurate, Mark was murdered and thrown over the balcony. “
Mr. Frederick claimed that the Met was requested to perform the reverse projection work ten years ago but that it was in vain. After running into Doherty, Mark and the Libertines star, Mark fell from a block of flats. The singer flies away with his then-minder Jonathan “Headlock” Jeannevol after crossing Mark’s path on CCTV.
Jeannevol, 46, said, “Go and ask Pete,” when questioned about Mark’s disappearance in an East London home earlier this year. He later said to the Mirror, “If I had done it, someone would have been in prison if I had done it.” We just saw Pete running after he [Mark] had fallen, and I followed him because it was my duty to look after Pete. “
According to the 2007 inquest, the ex-minder had told police he had pushed Mark off but later refrained, saying he had been high on cocaine when he made it, and was later released without charge. Doherty has previously denied knowing how Mark passed away, but he now admitted to fleeing the scene to avoid running into the police for drug possession.
The Metropolitan Police asked us to conduct an independent victims’ rights review regarding the 2006 death of Mark Blanco, according to Commander Umer Khan of the City of London Police. We are awaiting more information before making a final decision regarding the review after the initial scoping meeting that took place today. ”
