Glen AtwellBob Woolmer murdered
March 23rd 2007 02:22
Bob Woolmer was strangled to death in his hotel room. But the World Cup will not be called off.
The entire Pakistan cricket team, which has been knocked out of the competition, have been fingerprinted.
Jamaican police have since launched a murder inquiry into the death of the Pakistan cricket coach, saying he was strangled.
Police said the death on Sunday was "due to asphyxiation by manual strangulation".
"Hopefully we will bring the killers to justice as soon as possible," deputy commissioner Mark Shields told a news conference.
"We will use every energy we possibly have to track down the killers."
The 58-year-old Briton died on Sunday after being found unconscious in his hotel room. The previous day, Pakistan were eliminated from the Cricket World Cup by debutants Ireland.
The sport's governing body said the World Cup would continue despite the launch of the murder inquiry.
Shields said there could be one or more people involved but added that there was no evidence of forced entry into his hotel room.
"It would take some force, because Bob was a large man," he said.
"It would have taken some significant force to subdue him, but of course at this stage we do not know how many people were in the room at the time.
"It could be one or more people involved in this murder."
He appealed for the killer or killers to give themselves up and also asked for witnesses to come forward.
He added that there was no evidence of any theft and would not be drawn on the motive for the murder.
Asked about marks that were found on Woolmer's neck, according to media reports this week, Shields responded: "There were no visible signs. The reasons for that I am not prepared to go into."
Asked about suggestions that a sub-continent betting mafia had been involved, Shields said: "Everything you have heard would be a line of inquiry." He said no stone would be unturned into discovering why Woolmer was murdered.
The police were still awaiting results of toxicology and histology (science of examining body tissue) tests.
The death of Woolmer, regarded as one of the best coaches in the world, has completely overshadowed the World Cup in the Caribbean which lasts for seven weeks and culminates in the final on April 28.
The entire Pakistan cricket team, which has been knocked out of the competition, have been fingerprinted.
Jamaican police have since launched a murder inquiry into the death of the Pakistan cricket coach, saying he was strangled.
Police said the death on Sunday was "due to asphyxiation by manual strangulation".
"Hopefully we will bring the killers to justice as soon as possible," deputy commissioner Mark Shields told a news conference.
"We will use every energy we possibly have to track down the killers."
The 58-year-old Briton died on Sunday after being found unconscious in his hotel room. The previous day, Pakistan were eliminated from the Cricket World Cup by debutants Ireland.
The sport's governing body said the World Cup would continue despite the launch of the murder inquiry.
Shields said there could be one or more people involved but added that there was no evidence of forced entry into his hotel room.
"It would take some force, because Bob was a large man," he said.
"It would have taken some significant force to subdue him, but of course at this stage we do not know how many people were in the room at the time.
"It could be one or more people involved in this murder."
He appealed for the killer or killers to give themselves up and also asked for witnesses to come forward.
He added that there was no evidence of any theft and would not be drawn on the motive for the murder.
Asked about marks that were found on Woolmer's neck, according to media reports this week, Shields responded: "There were no visible signs. The reasons for that I am not prepared to go into."
Asked about suggestions that a sub-continent betting mafia had been involved, Shields said: "Everything you have heard would be a line of inquiry." He said no stone would be unturned into discovering why Woolmer was murdered.
The police were still awaiting results of toxicology and histology (science of examining body tissue) tests.
The death of Woolmer, regarded as one of the best coaches in the world, has completely overshadowed the World Cup in the Caribbean which lasts for seven weeks and culminates in the final on April 28.
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