Media Articles

Mark Blanco’s story has received considerable press coverage. These articles are linked here for your reading so you may understand the history of the case.

You can also view our archive of PDF copies of press articles, as some are not republished online.

Press or bloggers are welcome to cover the story, you can find background information on the case and materials to use.

01/02/2010 – Mail Online
MELANIE PHILLIPS: It’s one of the great mysteries of our age. Why, after 22 drug convictions, isn’t Pete Doherty in jail?

31/01/2010 – The Observer
Pete Doherty: the gifted artists who pay a fatal price after entering his orbit

31/01/2010 – News of the World
Cops Ask For Our Pete Tape

29/01/2010 – Mail Online
Pete Doherty flies to Russia to avoid police drugs quiz

17/01/2010 – The News of The World
Doherty Faces New Death Quiz

13/12/2009 – The Sunday Express
CCTV ANALYSIS: Mark Blanco Death

13/12/2009 – The Sunday Express
Police ‘Betrayal’ Over Death at Pete Doherty Rave

09/12/2009 – The Independent
‘My son was killed – and Doherty and his cronies were in some way culpable,’ says mother

27/11/2009 – The Sun
Doherty May Face Probe On Death Fall

26/11/2009 – London Evening Standard
Death fall at Doherty party ‘was not suicide’

26/11/2009 – East London Advertiser
New ‘evidence’ proves Mark Blanco’s death was not an accident

26/11/2009 – Mail Online
We have proof he was killed, say family of Pete Doherty party plunge actor

22/11/2009 – The Sunday Times
My boy Mark Blanco’s death was no accident

26/06/2009 – GetSurrey.co.uk
Crusade over son’s ‘Pete Doherty party’ death

25/06/2009 – The Daily Express
Jimmy Carr To Help Solve Death Riddle

18/01/2009 – The Sunday Express
Doherty Mystery: Where Is Justice For My Son?

11/01/2009 – The Sunday Express
VIDEO EXCLUSIVE: Rock Star Pete Doherty Flees Scene Of Mystery Death

04/12/2007 – DailyMail
Police re-open probe into balcony death of actor at Pete Doherty party

29/10/2007 – Mail on Sunday
‘This is my son after a night partying with Pete Doherty’; a mother tells her harrowing story

05/10/2007 – Patrick Barkham – The Guardian
Police to reopen case of actor who fell to death after row with Doherty

05/05/2007 – The Independent on Sunday
Richard Ingrams’ Week: Another accidental death, another bereaved parent

10/12/2007 – The Guardian
The damaged world of Doherty’s circle

10/12/2007 – Mail Online
Doherty bouncer tells of last moments before actor’s death

10/12/2007 – NickWilsdon.com
Did Pete Doherty and friends murder Mark Blanco?

10/12/2006 – The Evening Standard
Doherty bouncer tells of last moments before actor’s death

10/12/2006 – Mail Online
Pete Doherty, The Big K, and what really happened at the Hotel in the Sky

10/12/2006 – The Independent
Sick and inhumane Pete Doherty left my son to die

09/12/2006 – The Sun
Flat owner is Pete’s svengali

08/12/2006 – London Evening Standard
Did he fall – or was he pushed? Questions surround Doherty and the party death

07/12/2006 – The Sun
Party victim ‘did not jump’

07/12/2006 – Mail Online
Party fall actor had clash with Doherty