There is now suspicion of a cover up being attempted by Jamaican authorities by giving out a vague autopsy report of Bob Woolmer's body.
KINGSTON: There is now suspicion of a cover up being attempted by Jamaican authorities by giving out a vague autopsy report of Bob Woolmer's body.
The manner in which the information relating to the post-mortem of murdered Pakistan cricket coach was disseminated has raised concerns of a possible cover-up.
It was first reported by the police that the autopsy was inconclusive, but a former government pathologist who worked at the Ministry of National Security and Justice has questioned the interpretation of the post-mortem reports.
The pathologist, who is currently working in the region, said he was distraught at the alleged bungled up post-mortem on the late Pakistan coach. He questioned the quality
of the training received by local pathologists.
Dr Ere Sheshiah, who conducted the post-mortem on Woolmer, was hired by the Government.
''This is possibly why it might be difficult to get him to speak to find out if a second post-mortem was even conducted and if another report was filed,'' said a doctor.
A photograph dated Monday, March 19, showed what appeared to be marks on Woolmer's right cheek, across his nose and on the left side of his forehead just above his eye.
The photo caption indicated that the picture was taken at a morgue, one day after the Pakistan coach was found dead in his room at the Jamaica Pegasus hotel, New Kingston.
On Friday, Dr. Garfield Blake, head of the Jamaican Association of Clinical Pathologists, said the post-mortem was not handled properly.
''The final conclusion of this being a manual strangulation, I would not expect the first word (on the autopsy) to be inconclusive,'' Dr. Blake had said.
And post-mortem expert, Dr Jephthah Ford, had also raised questions about the findings and whether a second post-mortem was done. He said, ''There are certain conclusions that they could have announced, such as his heart was in a good condition, so heart attack is ruled out. They may not be able to say what is the cause of death, but you could say what is not the cause of death.''
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