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The long-awaited coroner’s inquest into the death of the former Pakistan coach Bob Woolmer will begin on October 16, according to a Jamaica radio station.

Woolmer was found unconscious in his Kingston hotel room, a day after Pakistan’s shock defeat against Ireland at Sabina Park — a result that condemned them to an early exit from the World Cup.

Acting on autopsy findings, Jamaica police initially said Woolmer had been strangled and launched a murder investigation. It was an announcement that sparked a media frenzy with speculation rife about a possible link with match-fixing.

The news was also a blow for Jamaica itself, a tourism-dependant country that is already plagued by one of the world’s highest murder rates.

But eventually, after months of investigation and a re examination of the autopsy results, the police backtracked and said that Woolmer had died of natural causes, probably heart failure.

Ken Pantry, Jamaica’s director of public prosecutions, said that more than 50 witnesses will be called at the inquest, to be held at the Jamaica Conference Centre here in Kingston.

Source:Cricket News