Further Doubts Over Woolmer Death

Rather inevitably, it seems that the longer the investigation into Bob Woolmer's death drags on, the shadier it all seems to get.

While there has been a distinct lack of news from officials engaged in the enquiry, suggestions that the late Pakistan coach was not murdered continue to spread.

Yesterday's Sunday Times said that Jamaican police have privately admitted that Kingston pathologist Dr Ere Seshaiah was wrong in stating that Woolmer had been strangled.

However Dr Shesaiah told the paper that he stands by his diagnosis that Woolmer died from "asphyxia as a result of manual strangulation".

A senior Jamaican policeman told the paper that it now seemed likely that Woolmer died from a heart attack induced by sickness.

"I would go for natural causes," he said. "The scene was not disturbed. If someone was strangled you would expect some resistance or fight."

In a separate development, it was also alleged that lead investigator Mark Shields travelled to South Africa last week to tell Woolmer's widow that it's possible her husband was not murdered.

The future of the investigation now seems to hinge on the results of toxicology tests.