Newly-seen witness statement casts doubts on Brian Jones' 'accidental' death verdict
A previously-unseen witness statement has cast doubt on the investigation into Brian Jones' death. The Rolling Stones musician was found dead in his swimming pool in 1969 aged 27, with a coroner recording a death by misadventure, saying he had drowned while "under the influence of alcohol and drugs", but the family of cab driver Joan Fitzsimons - who had been at the guitarist's house on the night he passed away - told cops they were convinced she had been attacked days later because of her belief then-boyfriend Frank Thorogood, a bodyguard to the star, had been involved in the tragedy. Three w...