'Foreign substance' found in Woolmer's system

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Shields to South Africa


Shields heads police team to Woolmer's homeland

KINGSTON, May 4: A police team headed by Deputy Commissioner Mark Shields will leave the island next week for South Africa to meet with the relatives of murdered Pakistan cricket team coach, Bob Woolmer.

"A team headed by DCP Shields will be leaving later this month," a report in Jamaican Gleaner quoted Karl Angell, director of communications for the Jamaica Constabulary Force, as saying.

The list of officers scheduled to travel to Woolmer's homeland includes Superintendent Colin Pinnock.

Angell did not confirm the exact date of departure for the officers but said arrangements were being made for the officers to meet with Woolmer's family in Cape Town, South Africa, the report said.

He said that members of the force would brief a victim's family surrounding a person's death, it said.

"They (officers) are preparing to answer questions that the relatives might have," Angell said.

Shields and the team will depart for South Africa after he returns from Miami, Florida, where he was attending a meeting with his US counterparts on behalf of the Jamaica Constabulary Force.

"<span style="color: #FF0000">As far as I know this conference has nothing to do with the Woolmer case</span>," Angell said adding that there were no clear suspects identified yet in the murder of the 58-year-old Woolmer.
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Rememeber that thirty Jamaican cops are supposed to be overseas now working on the case! This one crime has got to be a budget buster!

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Woolmer died a natural death

This is what I believe

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Karachi, May 5: The two Pakistani investigators, who travelled to Kingston to assist the probe into Bob Woolmer's death, are likely to contest the theory that the coach had been murdered.

Pakistani cricket officials and players believe Woolmer died a natural death and according to sources, the investigators too believe in the same line.

Mir Zubair, who was also the chief investigator in the 2002 murder case of US journalist Daniel Pearl in Karachi, said he and fellow investigator Kaleem Imam had based their report on whatever they had seen and been briefed in Kingston.

"Now it is upto the interior ministry to release any details to the media," he said, refusing to disclose its content.

Woolmer was found unconscious in his Kingston hotel room on March 18, a day after Pakistan lost to Ireland and were bundled out of the World Cup.

Woolmer was later pronounced dead and Jamaican Police believe the coach was strangled to death, after possibly being poisoned.

"This is a high profile case and our job was to meet with the investigators there and observe things ourselves and then report back with our comments. We have done that," Zubair said.

Asked if he got full cooperation from the Jamaican authorities, Zubair said they had done their job of seeing for themselves what was happening in the murder investigations.

(Agencies)

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HEY! ! GREAT REPORTING. LET'S HAVE SOMe MORE ON OTHER ISSUES. Who does your catoons? Great amusng stuff. One onPHINN and SHIELDS is jolly good.

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<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: LINSTEAD</div><div class="ubbcode-body">
HEY! ! GREAT REPORTING. LET'S HAVE SOMe MORE ON OTHER ISSUES. Who does your catoons? Great amusng stuff. One onPHINN and SHIELDS is jolly good. </div></div>

The cartoon is via the Jamaica Observer.

http://www.jamaicaobserver.com/

The artist is Clovis.

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Re: 'Foreign substance' found in Woolmer's system

<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: JAMAICAN WOMAN</div><div class="ubbcode-body">TUFFGONG:
I looove your post. It is ingenious! </div></div>

Thanks!

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Anyway.....the whole mess is over with, the evidence bun up!


Fri May 4, 2007
Woolmer cremated in South Africa

Murdered Pakistan cricket coach, Bob Woolmer, has been cremated in a private ceremony in South Africa.

Only family members attended the service, which took place at a funeral parlour close to Mr. Woolmer's home in Cape Town Friday morning.

http://www.radiojamaica.com/news/story.php?category=2&story=35561

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<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: f0rTyLeGz</div><div class="ubbcode-body">
Shields heads police team to Woolmer's homeland

KINGSTON, May 4: A police team headed by Deputy Commissioner Mark Shields will leave the island next week for South Africa to meet with the relatives of murdered Pakistan cricket team coach, Bob Woolmer.</div></div>

LOL...I guess the honeymoon is officially over:

<span style="color: #990000"><span style='font-size: 11pt'>Mark this one, Mr Shields</span></span>
Tuesday, May 08, 2007

We are intrigued, and indeed surprised, after reading two contrasting pieces regarding some of the dynamics at play within the Jamaica Constabulary Force (JCF).

The first was a letter to the editor in last Friday's Observer which sought to defend the effectiveness and role of Deputy Commissioner of Police, Mr Mark Shields, since joining the JCF in 2005. The second was a poignant quote attributed to former Prime Minister Sir Alexander Bustamante some 50 years ago.

In an article by the Farquharson Institute of Public Affairs in the Sunday Observer, Sir Alexander was quoted as saying: "I strongly object to others coming here to get jobs which can be filled by capable Jamaicans. If we do not want to promote men in the Force, there are many men in the Jamaica Battalion who are able and willing to fill those jobs."

Since the decision by the Government, championed by the current minister of national security, to employ international police officers (the first being Mr Shields, a divide has been created in the JCF.
Many members resent the fact that the Government found it necessary to employ foreigners, saying there are many capable and well-trained local officers who can do the job.
This anti-foreigner faction in the JCF strongly proffers the view, like Sir Alexander, that the presence of these overseas cops is a backward step for national development and ultimately the morale of the Constabulary.

Since arriving, Mr Shields has developed strong ties with the media and mostly the upper crust of society. He is proactive and uses media channels well to promote the JCF and, importantly, himself, developing many admirers who are willing to trumpet his cause. The well-coached and rehearsed letter writer in last Friday's Observer is an example.
The highly publicised Bob Woolmer murder has provided the opportunity for Mr Shields to place himself in the media spotlight internationally and locally, and, we believe, he is relishing it.

We are in agreement with Mr Shields that Mrs Gil Woolmer requires closure on how her husband died. But we have also heard the cries of many wives, husbands and other victims of crime right here in Jamaica who have not received this level of attention from our crime chief or, for that matter, the wider JCF.

No murder is more important than the other, and every murder requires closure in some way. That is why we were are not encouraged by reports that Mr Shields and a team from the JCF will be going to South Africa to speak with the Woolmer family.
Such lofty objectives could just as easily be satisfied by the many phone calls Mr Shields has publicly stated he has made to her and other members of the family and the use of e-mail and/or Internet Messaging.

The Force should not sanction such an unwarranted use of public funds when Mr Shields reportedly could not find the time to attend the funeral service of a colleague from the Mobile Reserve Branch who lost his life while serving and protecting this country.

Such actions are incongruous with the principles of impartiality and fairness and we further suggest that no amount of posturing with the citizens of inner-city communities or walking hand-in-hand with children from the ghettos can remove this feeling.
You see, Mr Shields, Jamaica is a small place, and actions tend to always speak louder than words.
http://www.jamaicaobserver.com/editorial...MR_SHIELDS_.asp

See Also:

Jamaica's retreat from nationalism

Sunday, May 06, 2007
http://www.jamaicaobserver.com/columns/h...ATIONALISM_.asp

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Bob Woolmer - 'murder not proved'

<span style='font-size: 20pt'>Bob Woolmer - 'murder not proved'</span>

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/6634217.stm

<span style="color: #3366FF">By Syed Shoaib Hasan</span>
BBC News, Islamabad

Police investigating the death of Pakistan cricket coach Bob Woolmer have not proved he was murdered, a Pakistani detective attached to the case says.

Deputy police inspector general Mir Zubair Mehmood told the BBC that the probe had so far been inconclusive.

He was one of two Pakistani policemen sent to help police in the West Indies.

Mr Woolmer was found dead in his hotel in Jamaica after Pakistan's first-round exit from the cricket World Cup. Police there said he had been murdered.

The man leading the investigation into Mr Woolmer's death had earlier played down similar remarks Mr Mehmood was reported to have made to news agencies.

Jamaica's deputy police commissioner Mark Shields told the BBC that he had spoken to the Pakistani detective who denied that he had made any comments on the investigation.

Mr Shields said that Mr Mehmood had every confidence in the Jamaican police and he believed the two men had a good relationship.

Tests

Mr Mehmood said the investigation was confidential and to share it woulde be "unethical".

"But I can say that at this point no one can say it was a murder," he told the BBC.

He said the results of several tests sent to Scotland Yard were awaited: "The most I can say is that the investigation in Woolmer's case is inconclusive."

Mr Mehmood has led several high-profile investigations, including the inquiry into the murder of US journalist, Daniel Pearl.

Mr Woolmer, a former England cricketer, was found dead in his Jamaica hotel room on 18 March.

A post-mortem examination showed that he died of strangulation. Some reports said he was also incapacitated by some kind of poison before he was strangled.

Mr Woolmer's body was returned to South Africa late last month. He was cremated last Friday.

No-one has yet been arrested in connection with his death, which overshadowed the cricket World Cup.

Police are still working to identify those captured on security camera footage from the hotel where he died.

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Lethal Dose Of Herbicide

Lethal Dose Of Herbicide Found In Bob Woolmer
By Staff
May 6, 2007

A source close to police in Jamaica has said that a lethal dose of weed killer was found in the stomach of late Pakistan cricket coach Bob Woolmer.

While initial forensic tests indicated Woolmer was likely poisoned in a Kingston hotel March 18, the source told the Times of London that the coach of the Pakistan national cricket team had ingested a deadly amount of the herbicide.

The report said that traces of the weed killer were found in both the inside and outside of a champagne glass inside Woolmer's room.
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Next go round?

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I think the Champagne was meant for licky-licky Mr. Shields.

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I think the Champagne was meant for licky-licky Mr. Shields.
</div></div>I guess!

Have you ever heard of the police solving a crime in Jamaica, much less a murder? Not me.

Where I lived there were many murders over the years, none were ever solved, not one. I never heard about any forensics business, no finger prints, no crime scene investigators. I'm surprised to hear that there are any labatories for "evidence" to be studied. Computers? Records? ... telephones?

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LOL...!
I guess the final line is yet to be written on this sorry tournament and the unsolved mystery of poor Bob Woolmer's death.


<span style='font-size: 11pt'>Int'l press slam CWC 2007</span>

By Dennise Williams Reporting from New Delhi, India
Friday, May 11, 2007

The international cricket fan base which the Caribbean governments focused on in their planning for the 2007 Cricket World Cup (CWC) tournament have called the event a failure.

Comments have emerged such as "Darkness and chaos" from the British-based Daily Telegraph, "New lows, with a farcical final," from The Australian, "Short-sighted disregard for Calypso culture," from The Hindu and "Incompetent darkness" from the Indian Express. These reports were printed in the May 1st edition of the Mint, India's newest business publication backed by syndication arrangement with the United States based-Wall Street Journal.

As reported in last week's Caribbean Business Report, both the individual governments and the West Indies Cricket Board (WICB) declared that 100,000 tourists would descend upon the Caribbean. Jamaica, counting on at least 30,000 visitors, spent some J$9 billion (US$134 million) to prepare the country's infrastructure for the event. Overall, it has been estimated that the region spent US$250 million to upgrade existing and construct new stadia, not to mention the additional costs of beautification projects aimed at showcasing the beauty of the respective islands.

From international reports, the exposure was not what Caribbean tourism officials had hoped for. It has been suggested that Jamaica only had approximately 10,000 visitors who came specifically for the games, which ran from March 13 to April 28. Barbados only had 800 of the 5,500 Indians that were expected on the island; this after four official trips to India to woo tourists to the country for the games. And those who did come to the Caribbean, after dealing with the Caricom visa requirement, found a sterile environment which suppressed Caribbean cricket culture. Several authorities, such as Grenada's prime minister Dr Keith Mitchell, agreed that the inclusion of the region's cricket culture should have been part of the negotiated package.

"The 2007 tournament will go down in cricketing history as being short on organisation and long on duration," said The Australian. There were 51 matches played during the 2007 CWC across nine different countries. The victorious Australian team was lauded by its home paper, while the Caribbean cricket experience was lambasted. First, congratulating its home team's win as "nothing short of brilliant", The Australian then went on to say, "Overseas fans complained of hotels tripling their rates, while high entrance fees to matches kept the locals away."

In Jamaica, it was reported that hotels in the corporate area raised their room rates from an average of US$300 per night to US$500. The US$25-US$90 ticket prices were geared for the tourist market and not for residents. And the low turnout by locals did not go unnoticed by the foreign press.

The Hindu wrote, "It was a tournament nearly undone by the murder of Bob Woolmer, rendered forgettable by the. one-sided games."
On March 18, Bob Woolmer, the Pakistan cricket coach, was found dead at the Pegasus Hotel in New Kingston. CNN.com on March 23 described the scene. "Blood, vomit and diarrhoea were splattered over the walls and floor of Woolmer's hotel bathroom, said Pakistan's team spokesman Pervez Mir."

The Daily Telegraph published, ".47 days of mismatches, empty stadia, unabashed money-making and the death of Bob Woolmer, which may yet bring the whole game into disrepute. It is time the International Cricket Council panjandrums stop obsessing about money and start thinking about the spirit of the game. If they don't, the future of first-class cricket is certain to be as gloomy as the close of this year's competition."

http://www.jamaicaobserver.com/magazines...M_CWC______.asp

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Jamaica Insists Bob Was Murdered

Jamaica Constabulary Force Insists Bob Woolmer Was Murdered
Submitted by Sudhakar Shanbhag on Thu, 2007-05-10 10:43.
http://www.cricketworldcuplatest.com/new...was-112221.html

With Pakistani investigators suggesting that Bob Woolmer murder investigations were still inconclusive, the Jamaican police on Wednesday insisted that the Pakistan coach was in fact murdered.

Director of communication for the Jamaica Constabulary Force, Karl Angell told The Gleaner: <span style="color: #FF0000">"The pathologist did an autopsy. He said to us in a written report that the man died from asphyxiation occasioned by manual strangulation, based on that our investigation proceeded but we have always said that the investigation is an open investigation and all angles are being looked at."</span>

However one of the two investigators, Mir Zubair Mahmood, aiding the Jamaican Police with the probe, told reporters that there is no evidence to prove Woolmer was murdered.

Angell doesn't believe Mahmood spoke to reporters with the claims: "Mahmood has indicated to us that a report was submitted to his boss that he had no discussion with any journalists or with anybody else regarding the report.

"In private conversation with the Constabulary Force, Mahmood said that he is pleased with the way the investigation was going and he made no such deductions."

The pathology and toxicology results, currently being analysed with the help of Scotland Yard, are yet to be released.
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Can we have a show of hands? Who thinks Bob was murdered?

Not me!

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Submitted by Sudhakar Shanbhag on Thu, 2007-05-10 10:43.
http://www.cricketworldcuplatest.com/new...was-112221.html

With Pakistani investigators suggesting that Bob Woolmer murder investigations were still inconclusive, the Jamaican police on Wednesday insisted that the Pakistan coach was in fact murdered.
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LOL!

<span style='font-size: 11pt'><span style="color: #000099">'It wasn't murder!' Scotland Yard says Bob Woolmer died of heart failure</span></span>
published: Sunday | May 13, 2007

Glenroy Sinclair, Assignment Coordinator

There has been a bombshell development in the Bob Woolmer investigation. A group of Scotland Yard investigators, who were asked to assist with the matter, have concluded that the Pakistan Cricket coach died of heart failure.

According to a Sunday Gleaner source in London, a pathology report submitted by the Scotland Yard team is now saying that the former Pakistan cricket coach died of natural causes and not manual strangulation as was initially reported by Deputy Commissioner Mark Shields. The Scotland Yard report specifically said Woolmer died of heart failure, contradicting earlier reports by the investigative arm of the Jamaica Constabulary Force (JCF) and local pathologist, Dr. Ere Sheshiah, who had conducted a post-mortem on Woolmers's body.

<span style="color: #990000"><span style='font-size: 14pt'>If the Scotland Yard report is accurate, then DCP Shields, the JCF, and to a larger extent the Jamaican Government, faces a major embarrassment. The credibility of local investigators will also be questioned.</span></span>

http://www.jamaica-gleaner.com/gleaner/20070513/lead/lead1.html

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Surprise, surprise?