Was George Michael killed by a drugs overdose? Detectives question his lover Fadi Fawaz

George Michael's lover has been questioned by police amid fears he died of a medicine overdose, it was revealed right this moment.

The megastar's associate Fadi Fawaz has been interviewed by officers who're additionally making an attempt to hint everybody who visited his Oxfordshire mansion within the week earlier than he died on Christmas Day.

Mr Michael, 53, was discovered useless in his mattress at residence in Goring-on-Thames, apparently from coronary heart failure.

Mr Fawaz, who says he was sleeping in his automotive and later discovered his physique, has now been interviewed by police about what he is aware of about Michael's closing days and hours.  

Mates of the Wham! star declare Fadi and Michael, pictured in 2012, had already been 'estranged' for 18 months when the hairdresser discovered him useless in mattress on Christmas Day 

Fadi Fawaz is seen arriving at his residence close to London's Regents Park yesterday

Mr Fawaz mentioned he discovered Michael's 'lifeless' physique in his mattress on the cottage when he went to wake him up forward of a pre-planned Christmas Day lunch. The pair are pictured in London in 2012

Thames Valley Police will converse to kinfolk, mates and neighbours earlier than they ship a report back to Oxfordshire's coroner.

A spokesman mentioned: 'That is normal apply in circumstances comparable to this to permit the coroner to find out the circumstances of the loss of life'. 

They denied it has change into a Main Crime investigation however senior detectives are concerned.

A supply advised MailOnline: 'In a excessive profile case like this you would not ship a Computer to take care of it. It requires a senior detective'.  

Detectives had requested a paparazzi company at hand over the images it took exhibiting who was coming and going from the star's home earlier than he died. 

Final week a autopsy examination proved 'inconclusive' however the outcomes of toxicology assessments might shed new mild on the star's loss of life, which is presently classed as 'non-suspicious'. 

Detectives worry he might have been killed by a medicine overdose.

Mr Fawaz, 40, who lives close to London's Regent's Park, was questioned this week by police.

Cops are compiling a report for the Oxfordshire coroner, Darren Salter, who will maintain an inquest later this 12 months.  

Mr Fawaz, who discovered Michael's physique, claimed lately his Twitter web page had been hacked after tweets had been posted claiming the singer had 'tried to kill himself many occasions'.

Final week the Australian-born hair stylist advised the Every day Mirror he fell asleep in his automotive on Christmas Eve and added: 'I by no means noticed him that night time. The police know all the pieces. That's a very powerful factor.'

Mr Fawaz was photographed on the street this week and appeared gave the impression to be feeling the pressure from the previous two weeks.

In a press release about Michael's loss of life, Mr Fawaz - who had been in a relationship with Michael since 2009 - spoke about how excited that they had been to share Christmas collectively. 

He mentioned: 'We had been alleged to be going for Christmas lunch. I went spherical there to wake him up and he was simply gone, mendacity peacefully in mattress.

'We do not know what occurred but. Every part had been very difficult lately, however George was trying ahead to Christmas, and so was I.'

Fadi Fawaz (pictured) advised a newspaper final week that he had fallen asleep in his automotive on Christmas Eve, shortly earlier than George Michael's loss of life

Underneath strain: George Michael's boyfriend Fadi Fawaz regarded tense as he appeared to argue with a person on the street in London this week

Mr Fawaz later tweeted that he would 'by no means cease lacking' the star. 

Days later, he posted a poignant hyperlink to one in every of star's 'misplaced' songs on-line, however needed to take it down amid a authorized row over property rights.

The music, 'This Form of Love', was from the Wham! star's unreleased album Trojan Souls. 

The music consists of the touching lyrics: 'Now everybody has to recover from I do know. However this empty home appears to get colder and colder. So will not you keep right here with me?

'Now that I discovered you. I am unable to allow you to go.'

However Mr Fawaz later eliminated the hyperlink as attorneys for Michael's property try to have the music wiped from the web, citing mental property rights. 

Then, on New Yr's Day, posts on Mr Fawaz's Twitter account claimed the singer had 'tried numbers of time to kill himself many occasions' and had 'lastly managed'. 

They learn: 'The one factor George needed is to DIE. He tried numbers of time to kill himself many occasions...

'And at last he managed...

'We cherished one another very a lot and we had been collectively virtually 24 hours a day...' (sic)

Mr Fawaz later denied writing the tweets, saying the account had been hacked.

He mentioned: 'I'm shocked with what is going on on with the Twitter factor. It's kind of scary to be sincere. I didn't ship these tweets.' 

Fawaz additionally denied sending tweets saying the star was suicidal and had 'tried to kill himself many occasions', as an alternative insisting his Twitter account had been hacked

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