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Thursday, 29 November 2007 |
Inquest into Bob Woolmer's death fails to find cause
An inquest held in Jamaica into the death of former Pakistan cricket coach Bob Woolmer has failed to determine what killed him earlier this year.
Bob Woolmer, 58, died after he was found unconscious in his hotel room in March, and the inquest was expected to come to a definite conclusion, however, after five weeks of evidence being given, the 11-man jury failed to decide a definite cause of death and returned an open verdict.
Coroner Patrick Murphy said the cause of death would now be left up to the Caribbean country's chief prosecutor, and he pointed out that a further inquest was no longer possible.
Patrick Murphy is reported to have told the 11 jurors: "You've done your job, thank you very much. The inquest is now over and you are excused."
Back in March, Mark Shields, who is Jamaica's deputy police commissioner, stated that they were regarding Bob Woolmer's death as murder, but then in June, Jamaican police claimed that the three pathologists' reports, which concluded that the coach died by manual asphyxiation were wrong.
The jury at the recent inquest into Bob Woolmer's death found insufficient evidence of either a murder or of death by natural causes.
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