Pete Doherty To Be Questioned Over Balcony Death

Injury lawyers and the mother of an actor who died whilst on Pete Doherty's property have called for the musician to face fresh questioning.

Sheila Blanco's son died after he plunged to his death after a late night argument with the artist. Mrs Blanco appealed to police to examine the singer on the eve of a benefit gig to raise funds for a private investigation.

Her son died when he plummeted from the first floor of a Whitechapel flat, where he had been at a party with the Babyshambles musician.

The 30-year-old, suffered severe head personal injury.

Police later claimed he killed himself trying to jump on to a nearby lamp-post, but a coroner hindered the inquest and called on them to renew their investigation, stating the theory was speculation.

Earlier that fatal night, 3 December 2006, the Cambridge graduate had had a confrontation with Doherty, Paul Roundhill and Pete's bodyguard Johnny 'Headlock' Jeannevol.

Three weeks after Mark's death, Jeannevol admitted killing him, but he retracted the statement, saying her was "off his head."

A mother looking for answers

Mrs Blanco, a music lecturer from Guildford, promised to raise £100,000 to pursue a private investigation called for Doherty to face court. She has so far spent £25,000 on the case, to which Dame Judi Dench is believed to have contributed to the fund.

Mrs Blanco said: "The police have effectively closed the case, but they should have treated Doherty, Roundhill and Headlock as suspects, not witnesses. Doherty was not even at the inquest. They know what happened."

She insisted it was "nothing personal" but said: "I want the truth to come out. These three should be cross-examined."

Mrs Blanco has an instinct that her son was knocked unconscious before being thrown over the first-floor ledge, after earlier being thrown out of the party

CCTV footage shows the man falling 11 feet to the ground. Mr Jeannevol and Doherty are then seen apparently running past his body 22 minutes later, before paramedics and police arrived.

"We need to raise money because we have to carry on the investigation privately and do work the Met has not done. He may have been knocked unconscious first as the CCTV footage shows he went down like a sack of potatoes his arms and legs were not flailing at all." Mrs Blanco said.

She added: "My son left and then returned. I think they came down and met him. Soon after he hit the ground. I think he was up-ended."

The family's injury lawyer, Michael Wolkind QC, furthered: "Sheila is gathering scientific evidence either to get the authorities to step in or for a private prosecution if necessary."

A spokesman for Doherty said: "The conclusion the police came to initially is the correct one. We have heard nothing about the conclusion of the second investigation, so are unable to comment further at this stage."

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