Probe into Bob Woolmer's death begins

KINGSTON: British pathologist Nathaniel Cary was one of three witnesses who testified as the inquest into the death of former Pakistan cricket coach Bob Woolmer began on Tuesday.

On March 18, Woolmer was found in his room at the Jamaica Pegasus Hotel unconscious after Pakistan were embarrassed the day before by Ireland in a major upset at the Cricket World Cup.

In his opening statement at the Jamaican Conference Centre, Kingston coroner Patrick Murphy noted the inquest is to find out 'when, how, and by what means Bob Woolmer came to his death'.

Other witnesses who testified, included Imogene Douglas, the waitress who served Woolmer three days prior to his death and the hotel maid, (Bernice Robinson, who told the court she noticed a chair was overturned when she entered the room on the morning Woolmer was found unconscious.

Robinson said alarm bells went off inside her head when she first entered the room on the morning of March 18 because she noticed a chair was overturned.

She told the court she saw blood on a pillow and then caught the smell of alcohol and vomit.

It was after this she saw a man's leg sticking out of a bathroom door and tried to open it without success so she called for help.

However, it was the testimony of Cary, which took the longest -- approximately three hours answering questions from Jamaica's director of public prosecution Ken Pantry.

Source: timesofindia.indiatimes.com