THE BOB WOOLMER CASE - 'We were too hasty' - Police rushed to judgement - Thomas
Shortly after closing the book on the bungled investigation into the death of Bob Woolmer, Police Commissioner Lucius Thomas yesterday admitted the Jamaica Constabulary Force (JCF) might have acted too hastily in concluding the Pakistan cricket coach had been murdered.
'It wasn't murder!' - Scotland Yard says Woolmer died of heart failure ... No clear evidence to prove Woolmer was murdered ... Local police sticking by their word that Woolmer died of manual strangulation ...
CASE FACTS - World number-four ranked Pakistan crashed out of the ICC Cricket World Cup after losing to minnows Ireland at Sabina Park on March 17. Bob Woolmer said he was devastated by the loss. Retired to his hotel room about 7:00 p.m. and ordered room service...
Foreign medics point to flaws in local autopsy
The pathologists who reviewed the forensic evidence on the late Bob Woolmer have suggested in their reports that there were a number of shortcomings in the manner in which Government pathologist, Dr. Ere Sheshiah, conducted the autopsy.
Overhaul forensic system - attorneys
THE Bob Woolmer debacle must serve as another wake-up call for an overhaul of Jamaica's justice system, defence attorneys have said. Prominent Kingston attorneys at law Valrie Neita-Robertson and Jacqueline Samuels-Brown have said that the case....
'It has been difficult to cope ... Weare relieved'
Gill Woolmer, widow of Pakistan cricket coach Bob Woolmer, said yesterday that she was trying to cope with the death of her husband and the subsequent announcement of the closing of a murder enquiry into his death by Jamaican police. "I am coping with difficulty," Mrs. Woolmer...
Police, media and academia rap Government of Jamaica on contract awards
Three high-ranking members of the police force, the media and academia, have taken the Government to task and are insisting it should sever ties with businesses affiliated with gangs by not awarding them contracts. Head of Operation Kingfish, Assistant...
Punish contract award violators - Opposition
The Opposition yesterday renewed a call for Parliament to enact legislation topunish persons who breach government contract award procedures.The call came the same day The Gleaner revealed that Contractor General Greg Christie had cited breaches...
Tough law coming for extortionists, kidnappers
Extortionists and kidnappers are to face stiffer penalties, as the Government prepares to draft special legislation to deal with these crimes, according to the long-awaited National Security Policy for Jamaica. Another component of the policy will see Parliament taking the lead...
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