Mark Speight Dead

Headline says it all.

Mark Speight's body was found this morning at 10am at a remote area of Paddington Station. He was not knocked down by a train and no further details have been given at this time. The official statement from a British Transport Police spokeswoman :
"At 10:00 on Sunday, 13th April, British Transport Police were advised that the body of a man was discovered at Paddington Railway Station.

Officers were called to a remote area of the station, away from public view, following the discovery of the body.
"The circumstances surrounding his death are subject to an ongoing investigation by British Transport Police, but police can confirm the deceased was not struck by a train.
"At this stage the death is being treated as unexplained.
"Investigating officers believe the deceased to be that of reported missing person, 42-year-old Mark Speight.
"Police have notified next-of-kin of the discovery."

"The body has been removed from the scene and CCTV from the station has been seized as part of the ongoing investigation."

Mark Speight was last caught on CCTV entering Queen's Park tube station in north London on Monday. This was only days after the inquest into the death of his fiancée Natasha Collins following a drugs overdose. He was initially charged in connection with her death but all charges have since been dropped but he admitted that they had been partying and a cocktail and drinks and drugs had been taken.

Friends had been very concerned for Mark's welfare and since his disapearance on Monday, sightings had been noted from as far as St Albans. He had only travelled a quarter of a mile from where he was last seen.

My children watched the news report of his death and are both sad. I had to explain about what had happened to him and his girlfriend too as they are both old enough to understand about these aspects of life. My daughter immediately thought about Mark's family and how selfish the act of suicide is. I had to explain how anyone taking their life does not think about others but did not have the heart to tell her that once I felt suicidal and I was a yong mother at the time.

It was my children that brought me back from the brink and it is so said that Mark Speight did not have anything in his life to bring him such happiness. It takes years to get over that sort of depression and sadly Mark's family will be left to pick up the pieces and the children of this country have been left with a gaping hole where SMART had a great presenter.

So sad.......

My best wishes go out to The Speight family, the Collins family and all of their friends.