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| Police await Woolmer death report |
| Police in Jamaica are still unable to confirm the reason why Pakistan cricket coach Bob Woolmer died, but continue to treat the case as
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| JAMAICA
, 22-March-2007
3:48:52 AM |
| A post-mortem conducted by a government pathologist was inconclusive and further tests are being carried out.
Despite that, a police spokesman confirmed they had now decided to "seek the opinion of a second pathologist".
The former England Test player, 58, was found unconscious at his Kingston hotel last Sunday and died later that day.
Mark Shields, the deputy commissioner, was asked on Wednesday whether Woolmer had been murdered, to which he responded: "No, we're not saying that."
Asked if it was suicide, Shields said it would be "inappropriate to comment further at this time" as they were still waiting for the final pathologist's report.
In a statement on Thursday, police spokesman Karl Angell said they were still not in possession of the report as the government pathologist who conducted the post-mortem was awaiting the result of toxicology and histology tests.
He added: "As a result of these factors, the police cannot give the cause of death of Mr Woolmer.
"Following consultations today, involving representatives from the GOJ [government of Jamaica] and the police, a decision was taken to seek the opinion of a second pathologist. Arrangements are currently being made to engage the services of this pathologist."
Shields is a former British policeman who was head of Special Branch in the force at a time when the City of London was a priority target for the IRA.
He was recruited by the Jamaican government in 2005 to counter the island's endemic gun crime, Yardie gangs and drug culture.
Woolmer was known to suffer from diabetes but his widow Gill has dismissed the possibility of him dying from an overdose, and played down reports that he was the victim of a plot linked to match-fixing.
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