2 articles on the same.
Woolmer definitely not strangled according to Scotland Yard. Jamaican police still appear to believe he was poisoned (2nd news piece). Bit of a mystery.
http://au.news.yahoo.com/070504/2/13cnt.html
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<b>Woolmer died of natural causes: reports</b>
A group of Scotland Yard investigators has concluded that Pakistan's World Cup cricket coach died of heart failure from natural causes and was <b>not strangled</b> as local police concluded, a newspaper reported on Sunday.
In London, Scotland Yard declined to comment on the report in the Jamaica Gleaner newspaper and said it would not discuss an analysis of toxicology tests conducted on behalf of Jamaican authorities.
"This is an inquiry being conducted by the Jamaican authorities," said a Scotland Yard spokesman.
"It's down to them to comment on developments."
The report in the Gleaner, which did not identify its source beyond saying it was in London, was the latest in many mixed messages since Woolmer was found unconscious in his Kingston hotel room on March 18 and pronounced dead at a hospital.
The previous day, his powerhouse team had lost to underdog Ireland, assuring a first-round exit of Pakistan.
Jamaican police later announced Woolmer had been strangled, after initially saying the cause of death was inconclusive.
A barrage of unsourced media reports, especially in the British press, has said Woolmer was first drugged or poisoned before being strangled.
Mark Shields, the lead Jamaican police investigator in the case, has refused to comment on the reports, saying he was awaiting independent verification in a British government-owned lab of toxicology tests that were done in Jamaica.
Shields, a former Scotland Yard veteran, did not immediately respond to calls for comment on Sunday's newspaper report.
He travelled to Britain last week and then had been expected to go to South Africa, where Woolmer's family lives.
One of two Pakistani detectives who travelled to Jamaica to assist in the probe told The Associated Press on May 7 that the investigation was so far "inconclusive."
The detective, Mir Zubair Mahmood, said it was unclear whether Woolmer was murdered or had died of natural causes.<!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->
http://au.news.yahoo.com/070514/19/13gbd.html
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<b>Cricket coach Woolmer died of heart failure, not murder - report</b>
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KINGSTON, Jamaica (AFP) - Pakistan cricket coach Bob Woolmer died of a heart attack and was not murdered, the Jamaican Gleaner newspaper reported Sunday, citing Scotland Yard sources.
Woolmer, 58, was found dead in his Kingston hotel room on March 18, the day after cricketing powers Pakistan crashed out of the World Cup in an upset loss to minnows Ireland.
<b>But the Jamaican police said Sunday they are standing behind their belief that Woolmer was murdered.
"That will remain our position until such time as the results of the investigation are known; including the forensic and pathology analysis," said Jamaica Constabulary Force (JCF) director of communications Karl Angell in a news release.</b>
Woolmer's death led to a fevered round of speculation. One theory was that his death was linked to match-fixing and illegal betting in cricket, and investigators from Britain and Pakistan were drafted in to help with the probe.
But the Jamaican Gleaner said that a pathology report submitted by Scotland Yard detectives stated that Woolmer "died of natural causes and not manual strangulation as was initially reported by Deputy Commissioner Mark Shields."
"The Scotland Yard report specifically said Woolmer died of heart failure, contradicting earlier reports by the investigative arm of the Jamaica Constabulary Force and local pathologist, Dr Ere Sheshiah, who had conducted a post-mortem on Woolmers's body," the paper said.
The Scotland Yard findings "were disclosed last week during a meeting with Jamaica's Deputy Commissioner of Police Mark Shields and Superintendent Colin Pinnace, who stopped over in London en route to South Africa" where they were heading to meet with Woolmer's family, it added.
Said Angell, "The speculation made in Sunday's newspapers is part of a series of unhelpful reports that have appeared in the media throughout the duration of this investigation," Angell continued in the release.
"The JCF is conducting an extensive and thoroughly professional investigation into the circumstances surrounding the death of Bob Woolmer.
"This has included a request to the Commissioner of Police of the Metropolitan Police Service (MPS) in London to conduct a review of the investigation," the release further quoted Angell saying.
It was also reported on Saturday, that the Jamaican police were close to naming Woolmer's killer.
"The JCF would again urge the media to refrain from speculation because of the additional distress it places upon the Woolmer family and the fact that it can hinder the progress of the investigation," the release added.
Angell also disclosed that Shields and Deputy Superintendent Colin Pinnock have met with the Metropolitan Police review team and the pathology and forensic experts in London.
Angell also said police have departed for South Africa to brief Gill Woolmer and her family on the progress of the investigation.
In addition to their working relationship with Scotland Yard, Angell, said, "due to the open and transparent approach to the Woolmer investigation, the JCF has also welcomed assistance of the Pakistani authorities and INTERPOL."<!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->
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