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Police officers spoke to TV presenter Mark Speight hours before he was reported missing and said he appeared "distracted and deep in thought". | Police officers spoke to TV presenter Mark Speight hours before he was reported missing and said he appeared "distracted and deep in thought". |
Speight, 42, refused all offers of help before saying he "needed to leave" when he was approached in Chamberlayne Road, north-west London, on Monday. | |
Police have now released CCTV images of Speight boarding a southbound Bakerloo line Tube from Queens Park station. | |
Later that day he was reported missing by concerned family and friends. | |
They said Speight was in a "fragile state of mind" following the death of his fiancee Natasha Collins three months ago. | |
Miss Collins, 31, was found dead in the bath at their north London home after both had taken cocaine and sleeping pills. | |
'Fragile state of mind' | 'Fragile state of mind' |
Speight, who has been staying with Miss Collins' mother since the death, was reported missing when he failed to meet her for coffee in Covent Garden at 1530 BST on Monday. | |
Police officers had spoken to Speight as he walked in Kensal Rise at about 1315 BST the same day. | |
Scotland Yard said he was given the opportunity to see a doctor, go to hospital or speak to an officer privately but he declined. | |
Mark Speight was last seen on Monday | |
Officers said Speight had withdrawn money from a cash machine on Salisbury Road just before 1430 BST on Monday. | |
He then entered Queens Park station and at 1447 BST boarded the Tube bound for Paddington. | |
Speight was reported missing six days after an inquest into the death of TV actress Miss Collins. | Speight was reported missing six days after an inquest into the death of TV actress Miss Collins. |
Originally he was arrested on suspicion of murder and supplying Class A drugs but no charges were brought. | Originally he was arrested on suspicion of murder and supplying Class A drugs but no charges were brought. |
In February the presenter, who is originally from Wolverhampton, announced he was quitting the BBC children's art show SMart, which has run for more than 10 years. | |
In an appeal on Tuesday both families said they were "deeply concerned" for Speight who was in a "fragile state of mind". | In an appeal on Tuesday both families said they were "deeply concerned" for Speight who was in a "fragile state of mind". |
Ms Collins' mother Carmen, 57, then urged him to "please get in touch with us". | Ms Collins' mother Carmen, 57, then urged him to "please get in touch with us". |
Speight, who is 6ft, was wearing a brown suit jacket with dark jeans and a brown flat cap. | Speight, who is 6ft, was wearing a brown suit jacket with dark jeans and a brown flat cap. |