Strangulation marks found on Woolmer: Police

Woolmer8217;s March 18 death triggered a globe-spanning criminal investigation after pathologist Ere Seshaiah reported the coach had been strangled. Jamaican police ended the probe in June after three other pathologists concluded he died from natural causes.

Pinnock said he was present March 20 at the post-mortem when Seshaiah concluded there were bruises around Woolmer8217;s neck. Pinnock said another police officer entered the room and asked, 8220;You mean he was strangled?8221; to which Seshaiah responded, 8220;Exactly.8221;

Seshaiah has testified that investigators prodded him for a cause of death but that he listed it as 8220;pending8221; on the day of the post-mortem while he awaited results from the government forensic laboratory. Pinnock said Seshaiah completed his report on March 22 and concluded that the cause of death was asphyxia caused by manual strangulation.

In separate testimony, deputy police commissioner Mark Shields, a former Scotland Yard investigator who led the homicide probe, said the manuscript of a book Woolmer was writing has not been found, and that investigators had hoped to see the contents.