Woolmer's remains returned home

Page

Fiza

@*Fiza*

Inactive

Posted: 18 years ago

Woolmer's remains returned home

Woolmers remains loaded into cargo area in Kingston

The remains were sent from Kingston, Jamaica

The remains of Pakistani cricket coach Bob Woolmer have been flown back to his home in Cape Town in South Africa. The casket, which had been sealed in a large wooden crate, arrived on board a commercial flight to Cape Town's International Airport from Jamaica. He was found dead in his Kingston hotel on 18 March, the day after his side lost to Ireland in the World Cup. Family spokesman Gareth Pyne-James told the Associated Press Woolmer's funeral would be a private ceremony. Inquest delayed "Arrangements have been made and the family will decide whether it's going to be an internment or cremation," Theo Rix, from a local funeral home, told the Reuters news agency. The inquest had been set for 23 April but the Jamaican government announced on Friday that it had been delayed indefinitely. The reason for the delay remained undisclosed. Police investigating the 58-year-old's murder had sent CCTV images to Scotland Yard in London for further consideration. A post-mortem examination revealed that Mr Woolmer had been strangled. Police have also received the results of toxicology tests on the body, but these have not been made public.

Media reports say that the former England player was poisoned and then strangled, but police have not confirmed that a toxic substance was used in the murder.