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| TV presenter 'was found hanged' | TV presenter 'was found hanged' |
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| Missing TV presenter Mark Speight was found hanging on a building adjacent to Paddington railway station, British Transport Police have said. | Missing TV presenter Mark Speight was found hanging on a building adjacent to Paddington railway station, British Transport Police have said. |
| Station staff found a body, believed to be that of the 42-year-old, hanging on the roof of MacMillan House on Sunday. The body was out of public view. | Station staff found a body, believed to be that of the 42-year-old, hanging on the roof of MacMillan House on Sunday. The body was out of public view. |
| The body is to be formally identified later by Mr Speight's family. | The body is to be formally identified later by Mr Speight's family. |
| Mr Speight was last seen on 7 April and was said to have been devastated after his fiancee Natasha Collins' death. | Mr Speight was last seen on 7 April and was said to have been devastated after his fiancee Natasha Collins' death. |
| 'Fragile state' | 'Fragile state' |
| A post-mortem examination will be held later on Monday and an inquest into Mr Speight's death will be opened on Wednesday, police said. | |
| Mr Speight was last seen on CCTV boarding a southbound Bakerloo line Underground train from Queens Park station. | Mr Speight was last seen on CCTV boarding a southbound Bakerloo line Underground train from Queens Park station. |
| Later that day he was reported missing when he failed to meet Ms Collins's mother for coffee in Covent Garden. | Later that day he was reported missing when he failed to meet Ms Collins's mother for coffee in Covent Garden. |
| Natasha Collins' death is said to have "deeply affected" Mark Speight | |
| Mr Speight's 31-year-old fiancee died on 3 January after taking cocaine, sleeping tablets and alcohol. | Mr Speight's 31-year-old fiancee died on 3 January after taking cocaine, sleeping tablets and alcohol. |
| She was found with 60% burns from hot water in the bath at the couple's flat in St John's Wood, north-west London. An inquest recorded a verdict of death by misadventure. | |
| Following her death Mr Speight, who was said to be in a "fragile state of mind", had moved in with Ms Collins's mother. | Following her death Mr Speight, who was said to be in a "fragile state of mind", had moved in with Ms Collins's mother. |
| Paying tribute to his son, Oliver Speight, said: "Mark was a wonderful son and brother to his family and he will be very sadly missed." | |
| Mr Speight's agent, Jan Kennedy, of Billy Marsh Associates, said: "We are absolutely devastated at the tragic news of the loss of Mark and our thoughts and prayers go out to his family as well as the family of his beloved fiancee, Natasha, whose equally tragic death had affected him so inconsolably." |