Post Mortem Due On TV Host´s Body

A post mortem examination was being carried out on the body of BBC children's television presenter Mark Speight on Monday.

Police asked relatives to identify the body formally after it was found in a remote area of Paddington train station in west London on Sunday.

His father Oliver Speight said: "Mark was a wonderful son and brother to his family and will be very sadly missed."

British Transport Police said it had launched an investigation into how the 42-year-old died.

In a statement, it said Speight was not hit by a train. It said Network Rail workmen found his body hanging from the roof of a building next to the station, out of public view.

Speight was reported missing last week, two months after his fiancee was found dead at their London flat.

He was last seen boarding a southbound Bakerloo line train from Queen's Park station on Monday.

Speight, who hosted the BBC art show SMart, had been questioned by police over the death of his fiancee Natasha Collins, 31, at their St. John's Wood home in January.

Westminster Coroner Paul Knapman recorded a verdict of death by misadventure at an inquest into her death last week. The court heard Collins died in a scalding hot bath after taking cocaine and sleeping pills and drinking vodka.

Speight was briefly held on suspicion of her murder before detectives "cancelled" his arrest and said he was not a suspect.

His lawyer Nabeel Sheikh told the Times Speight was a "very sensitive character".

"I think that the whole traumatic experience he has been through is something that he needed help with."

The BBC said: "Our thoughts are with Mark's family and friends. Mark was a hugely talented and very popular presenter for many years."