Police close cricket coach Woolmer case after open verdict

0 Comments | AFP, November, 2007

KINGSTON, Jamaica (AFP) — Jamaican police closed their investigation into the shock death of Pakistan cricket coach Bob Woolmer in the middle of the World Cup last March after a jury handed down an open verdict in the case.

After a lengthy investigation an 11-member inquest jury Wednesday found insufficient evidence of either murder or a death by natural causes, in effect ruling they were unable to decide an outcome.

Their verdict does not rule out the controversial strangulation finding of government pathologist Ere Sheshiah, but also does not force Jamaica police to continue a probe.

"We do not intend to go any further with these investigations," Jamaican deputy police commissioner Mark Shields told AFP, saying the probe has already been shelved.

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