Shielding behind the report of pathologist

He said the police, however, due to lack of evidence to support the post-mortem report, later went about proving that the coach was not murdered.

8220;Usually we investigate a murder and we look for suspects but on this occasion, because of the lack of evidence to support the pathologist what we8217;ve done is gone out to prove it8217;s not a murder,8221; he said.

Police had launched a murder investigation when pathologist Dr Ere Seshaiah reported that Woolmer had died due to 8220;asphyxiation as a result of manual strangulation8221;.

British pathologist Dr Nat Carey examined the report and photos to conclude that it was more likely that the bruising in Woolmer8217;s neck was the result of the post-mortem.

British media yesterday reported that the Jamaican Police were set to announce after two-and-half months of futile probe that they would no more treat Woolmer8217;s death as a murder. Seshaiah, on his part, said: 8220;I can8217;t comment. I didn8217;t get any report.8221;