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| Jamaican police have confirmed that Pakistan cricket coach Bob Woolmer died of natural causes and was not murdered, as they stated earlier. | Jamaican police have confirmed that Pakistan cricket coach Bob Woolmer died of natural causes and was not murdered, as they stated earlier. |
| Mr Woolmer died after being found unconscious in his Kingston hotel room on 18 March, after his team lost to Ireland in the cricket World Cup. | Mr Woolmer died after being found unconscious in his Kingston hotel room on 18 March, after his team lost to Ireland in the cricket World Cup. |
| An initial pathologist's report concluded that he had been strangled. | An initial pathologist's report concluded that he had been strangled. |
| Every member of the Pakistan team was interviewed and fingerprinted before returning home from the Caribbean. | Every member of the Pakistan team was interviewed and fingerprinted before returning home from the Caribbean. |
| Widow 'relieved' | |
| Jamaican Police Commissioner Lucius Thomas told a news conference that three expert opinions had concluded that the original pathologist report of death by manual asphyxiation was wrong. My sons and I are relieved to be officially informed that Bob died of natural causes and that no foul play is suspected in his death Gill Woolmer | |
| He also said that toxicology tests had now been received and that they showed there was no substance to indicate poisoning. | |
| "The police have now closed the investigation into the death of Bob Woolmer," he said. | |
| Mr Woolmer's widow, Gill, said: "My sons and I are relieved to be officially informed that Bob died of natural causes and that no foul play is suspected in his death." | Mr Woolmer's widow, Gill, said: "My sons and I are relieved to be officially informed that Bob died of natural causes and that no foul play is suspected in his death." |
| Mr Woolmer's death sparked speculation he had been murdered by an angry fan or by an illegal betting syndicate. There was also speculation members of the Pakistan team may have been involved. | |
| Mr Thomas said the Jamaica Constabulary Force had carried out its investigation thoroughly and with respect to the Pakistan cricket team. | |
| But Pakistan's former captain Imran Khan said he was shocked there was no apology to the national side. | |
| He said Pakistan's cricket board should sue those responsible for the "humiliation that the Pakistan team went through". | |
| The BBC's Andy Gallacher in Kingston says this is an embarrassing U-turn for the Jamaican police. | |
| He says the news conference was an attempt to shift the blame for the errors in the case onto the original pathology report. |