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| 'No quick result' in Woolmer case | 'No quick result' in Woolmer case |
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| Police in Jamaica investigating the murder of Pakistan cricket coach Bob Woolmer have dismissed media reports that suspects have been identified. | Police in Jamaica investigating the murder of Pakistan cricket coach Bob Woolmer have dismissed media reports that suspects have been identified. |
| Deputy police commissioner Mark Shields hit out at "totally wrong" reports and said speculation was unhelpful. | Deputy police commissioner Mark Shields hit out at "totally wrong" reports and said speculation was unhelpful. |
| He said police were "nowhere near" naming names and emphasised that the probe was likely to take a long time. | He said police were "nowhere near" naming names and emphasised that the probe was likely to take a long time. |
| Woolmer was found strangled in his hotel room after Pakistan's surprise World Cup loss to Ireland on 17 March. | Woolmer was found strangled in his hotel room after Pakistan's surprise World Cup loss to Ireland on 17 March. |
| CCTV footage | |
| Mr Shields said the media speculation about the case was distressing to Woolmer's family. | Mr Shields said the media speculation about the case was distressing to Woolmer's family. |
| He told journalists that there were many potential suspects and even more potential witnesses, and that gathering information would take time. | He told journalists that there were many potential suspects and even more potential witnesses, and that gathering information would take time. |
| The Pakistan team are staying in London before returning home | |
| Britain's Times newspaper said police were looking for three fans it said were "close" to the Pakistani cricket team and who left Jamaica shortly after the murder. | |
| The paper quoted Mr Shields as saying: "We are looking for them to eliminate them [from our inquiries]". | |
| Bu Mr Shields said speculation in the British press that police were looking for specific suspects was "totally wrong". | |
| Police are continuing to review CCTV footage of the hotel. | |
| "We are going to do it properly, thoroughly and professionally and at the end of it it may be that we might, we might identify a suspect from that process," Mr Shields said. | |
| Police were also examining the hard drive of Woolmer's computer for anything establishing a motive for the murder and investigating whether anyone could have used his card key to gain access. | |
| Mr Shields said that so far police had found no reference to match-fixing on Woolmer's computer. | |
| Possible links between the murder and allegations of match-fixing were being investigated by the International Cricket Council's Anti-Corruption Unit, the police said earlier. | Possible links between the murder and allegations of match-fixing were being investigated by the International Cricket Council's Anti-Corruption Unit, the police said earlier. |
| Nothing has been ruled out, although Mr Shields said it was unlikely a Jamaican had carried out the murder. | Nothing has been ruled out, although Mr Shields said it was unlikely a Jamaican had carried out the murder. |
| Detectives believe Woolmer probably knew his killer - or killers - as there were no signs of forced entry into his room and none of his belongings had been stolen. |