Missing pages
found
The missing pages
of Bob Woolmer's autobiography have been found buried in a cricket
pitch in Bermuda. Police immediately seized the pages in hope that
it would shed some light on Woolmer's killer.
The pages were said by police to be 'Quite well written, showing a
good flair for dialogue and a natural, easy sense of humour.'
However, the pages were not about scandals in cricket at all. They
were in fact about the murdered Pakistan cricket coach's childhood
school days. This has led police to begin investigating Woolmer's
3rd grade maths teacher after the book revealed he once "Gave me
detention when I didn't hand in my homework."
Police would like to see the rest of the book after describing what
they'd read so far as 'riveting'. They have conceded that 'it will
be hard for the man to finish the book, which is a shame because the
ending would have been nuts.'
Middle-aged Pakistani nationals Hamid Malik, Jundie Khan and Efran
Chaudhray checked out of the team hotel soon after Woolmer was
found.
They
appeared at several press conferences and were seen with players and
carrying Pakistani flags in the foyer of the team hotel in Kingston,
Jamaica.
They
are described as gofers who brought players halal food and drove
them around Jamaica.
They
are believed to have had access to the 12th floor, where Woolmer's
room was.
Jamaican deputy police commissioner Mark Shields said yesterday he
was seeking to eliminate the three from inquiries.
Police to test
Woolmer's last meal for drugs
"He was 6ft 1 in
(185cm) and a big man, and unless he was drugged or impaired it
would perhaps have been difficult to restrain him. We are looking at
whether his food was drugged. The meal was thrown away after he put
the tray outside his room, but we are conducting toxicology and
tissue tests," Mark Shields said.
Police have still to interview a fourth Pakistani, a local
businessman, who is a friend of some Pakistan players.
Three
or more other people are in the hotel: Mark Shields
Mark
Shields, Jamaica's deputy police commissioner, refused to confirm
numbers. "We assume there were other people in the hotel at the
time, whether there were four, six or two," he said.
Shields
said he was expecting a review of the analysis of hotel CCTV footage
very soon.
He has
said that the footage, which should show anyone entering and leaving
the 12th floor on which Woolmer was killed, will be "critically
important".
Amid
surprise at the time taken to analyse the footage, Shields said:
"brings
tears to my eyes"- Woolmer
Nasim
Ashraf, the outgoing chairman of the Pakistan Cricket Board,
confirmed yesterday that Woolmer had resigned as coach in an email
on the morning he died.
Ashraf
said the note — sent following Pakistan's humiliating defeat by
Ireland in the World Cup — "brings tears to my eyes".
Pakistan's loss to Ireland was fixed
Meanwhile, former New Zealand captain and international match
referee John Reid said he suspects Pakistan's loss to Ireland was
fixed.
"I've
been a (match) referee at other World Cups in 1999 when Pakistan
were beaten by Bangladesh and in 2003 when Sri Lanka were beaten by
Kenya," Reid said. "They are three very suspicious matches."
Killing
a professional hit
Speculation has also arisen among members of the British press that
the killing could have been a professional hit, as there were
reportedly no signs of forced entry to the Pakistan coach's room and
no signs of a struggle. None of the victim's belongings were stolen.
Laptop
computer files
Police
are also believed to be examining Woolmer's laptop computer files to
determine a motive for the killing, which has left a dark shadow
over the cricket World Cup in the Caribbean.
Spin
bowler Danish Kaneria
Spin
bowler Danish Kaneria, in the room next to Mr Woolmer's, said he had
heard nothing.
Danish
told the Bigstarcricket website: "The final moments are very painful
memories.
"I woke
at 9.30am, had breakfast at 10. Nothing was wrong at that stage.
"As I
was going to my friend's room, I saw outside medical staff, my
manager and police."
Police
say he knew his killer, as the door to his room was not forced open.
Mr
Malik is believed to live in England, and Mr Jundie is from Florida.
Mr
Shields said the way Woolmer was murdered made him almost certain
his killer wasn't Jamaican.
"The
fact it was manual strangulation doesn't really fit the profile of
somebody locally," he said.
"One
would tend to find either firearms or knives."
On March 20, I have given following facts in my article titled “Was
Bob Woolmer poisoned? Police confirmed ‘death threats from Pak
fans’”
Deputy Police Commissioner of Jamaica Mark Shiellds has gone on
record to say that the overdose angle is being looked at very
closely and that the police are treating Woolmer's sudden death as a
homicide:
(1)
Woolomer could not be conscious again up till reaching the hospital
from the hotel room. So it is possible that his death occurred
before.
Cricket analyst Ashish Shukla also said from Trinidad that poison is
the reason behind the Bob’s death. He took or other gave, could not
be said.
(2)
Police was probing why it took one hour to get Woolmer to hospital
when the hospital was only 15 minutes away by car.
(3)
Woolmer had received death threats from Pakistani fans and there was
plenty of motivation for a crazed fan to perhaps physically harm
Woolmer. Sources close to the probe have said the police is
questioning persons who met with Woolmer before his death.
(4)
Police discovered signs of diarrhea, leading investigators to
believe that Woolmer may have struggled in his last moments in the
hotel room.
(5)
According to sources, the walls of Woolmer’s room were covered in
vomit.
(6)
Blood stains were detected in the bathroom
(7)
Mark Shields has gone on record to say that the overdose angle is
being looked at very closely and that the police are treating
Woolmer's sudden death as a homicide
(8)
Forensic Experts do not rule out Poisoning