Jamaica police to order new post mortem

London, Mar 28 (UNI) Jamaica police will order a second post- mortem examination on Woolmer's dead body to guard against possible ''bungling claims'' of the first report and to release the body to the late coach's family for burial without further delay, according to a report.

According to The Times, the move came as Woolmer's personal effects were released to his wife in South Africa, apart from his mobile phone and laptop computer, which were being examined for possible clues as to who killed the late Pakistan coach.

Deputy Commissioner of Police Mark Shields said a second post mortem would pre-empt likely claims by a defence lawyer at a murder trial that the local pathologist who concluded Woolmer was strangulated to death had made mistakes.

''If we arrest someone and charge them, the defence counsel will want a second post mortem,'' the newspaper quoted Shields as saying.

By ordering a follow-up examination now, probably by flying in a pathologist from the United States, Shields will be able to release Woolmer's body for burial in South Africa without waiting for an inquest, which could be weeks away.

It also removes the possibility of having to exhume the body if a defence team tries to cast doubt on the findings of Dr Ere Seshaiah, the Kingston pathologist who concluded that Woolmer was killed by ''manual strangulation''.

''Although there is no evidence that Seshaiah bungled the post mortem, allegations have been privately levelled by former Test players in the Caribbean and officials of the International Cricket Council that Woolmer was not murdered but died of natural causes,'' the report said.

According to the report, Shields, however, claimed that he was in possession of evidence from the crime scene that had not been made public and that made murder a certainty.

''There is very clear evidence of murder,'' he said.

Shields also gave warning that there could be no quick solution to the case. He added that Jamaican officials were poring over hours of closed-circuit TV footage taken from Woolmer's 12th-floor bedroom at Pegasus Hotel ''frame-by-frame''.

Woolmer, a former England Test player, was found murdered in his Kingston hotel room hours after Pakistan had been knocked out of the cricket World Cup by Ireland.

UNI