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| Woolmer police study hotel tapes |
| Investigators in Jamaica say they have recovered CCTV footage from the hotel corridor where murdered cricket coach Bob Woolmer's room was located.
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| JAMAICA
, 26-March-2007
4:6:35 AM |
| Deputy police commissioner Mark Shields said they were hopeful that the footage from the 12th floor could yield images of whoever strangled Woolmer last week.
He said the tapes are now in a secure location and being converted digitally.
The news came as it was confirmed Woolmer had announced just prior to his death that he planned to retire.
Dr Nasim Ashraf, chairman of the Pakistan Cricket Board, said Woolmer sent him an e-mail announcing his retirement after the team surprisingly lost their World Cup match to Ireland on 17 March.
Ashraf said: "It was the email of a man who had been deeply hurt. He said that the boys gave it their best to the last minute.
"In that email he had shared some of his thoughts, he told me that he was hanging up his boots and retiring from international coaching.
"However he told me that he would continue to be involved in cricket at the grassroots level."
Pakistan's players arrived in London from Jamaica on Monday, after police investigating the murder questioned them.
Suggestions of a heated row between Pakistan cricketers and Woolmer hours before his murder have been denied by a team official.
Spokesman Pervez Mir said there was silence, not confrontation, in the wake of the defeat by Ireland.
Woolmer was found strangled in his hotel room early the next day.
Mr Shields said that the CCTV cameras were installed at either end of the corridor and that, while they did not show Woolmer's actual room, they should tell police who came in and out of the passageway.
"They are crucial as they may give us an image of the murderer or murderers of Bob Woolmer," he said.
Mr Shields said that the footage would now be converted onto a digital format so that it could be properly examined and to ensure that the original film did not get damaged in any way.
Pakistan captain Inzamam-ul-Haq, team manager Talat Ali and assistant coach Mushtaq Ahmed spoke to police on Saturday.
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