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No drugs charge for BBC's Speight | No drugs charge for BBC's Speight |
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CBBC presenter Mark Speight will not face drugs charges, police have said. | |
Speight was arrested on suspicion of murder and supplying Class A drugs after his fiancee Natasha Collins was found dead at their flat in January. | Speight was arrested on suspicion of murder and supplying Class A drugs after his fiancee Natasha Collins was found dead at their flat in January. |
Six days later police said the SMart show presenter was no longer a murder suspect, but bailed him to return on suspicion of supplying Class A drugs. | Six days later police said the SMart show presenter was no longer a murder suspect, but bailed him to return on suspicion of supplying Class A drugs. |
But following advice from the Crown Prosecution Service, police will take no further action against Speight. | |
An inquest into Ms Collins' death is due to be held at Westminster Coroner's Court on 2 April. | An inquest into Ms Collins' death is due to be held at Westminster Coroner's Court on 2 April. |
'Tragic loss' | |
An initial inquest hearing in January heard the death of 31-year-old Ms Collins was being treated as "non-suspicious at this stage". | An initial inquest hearing in January heard the death of 31-year-old Ms Collins was being treated as "non-suspicious at this stage". |
The Metropolitan Police have also said a post-mortem on her body was "inconclusive". | |
Last month, Speight announced he was to leave his television show SMart, saying his fiancee's "tragic loss" had affected him, and Ms Collins' family, "very deeply". | Last month, Speight announced he was to leave his television show SMart, saying his fiancee's "tragic loss" had affected him, and Ms Collins' family, "very deeply". |
Speight and Ms Collins met while filming another BBC children's show, See It Saw It. | Speight and Ms Collins met while filming another BBC children's show, See It Saw It. |