Review Report On Woolmer's Autopsy Delayed

A report on the controversial post-mortem by Indian-born pathologist Dr Ere Seshiah in the Bob Woolmer case has been delayed as the commission reviewing the autopsy procedures wants more time to ascertain the facts.

The commission, headed by former High Court judge Ian Forte, was supposed to complete its review yesterday but Permanent Secretary in the National Security Ministry Gilbert Scott informed that it would take more time to submit the report, according to the 'Jamaica Gleaner'.

"We now expect that we should be getting it somewhere in another two to three weeks," Scott was quoted as saying by the paper.

Seshiah had found that Woolmer died due to "asphyxiation due to manual strangulation" but the Jamaican Police later accepted that it was not a murder and gave "natural causes" as the cause of the coach's death.

The commission would ascertain whether proper procedures were utilised by police investigators and medical personnel in the high profile case.

National Security Minister Peter Phillips had appointed the review commission on June 13, a day after the Police High Command accepted that the South African-born England player was not murdered as was initially reported.

Woolmer was found unconscious in his hotel room at the Jamaica Pegasus Hotel on March 18, a day after the Pakistan cricket team was knocked out of the Cricket World Cup by Ireland. He died later that day at the University Hospital.