PTI

Kingston / London, May 14: After umpteen theories relating to Pakistan cricket coach Bob Woolmer's death, a Jamaican paper has come out with a report that he was not murdered and that he died of heart failure while a British paper gave yet another murder angle.

The 'Sunday Gleaner' newspaper said that according to a pathology report submitted by the Scotland Yard team the Woolmer died of natural causes and not manual strangulation as was initially reported by Jamaican Police Deputy Commissioner Mark Shields.

The natural death theory comes on top of various other possibilities that have been speculated ever since the Pakistan coach was found dead in his room on March 18, immediately after the shock defeat of his team at the hands of minnows Ireland.

Apart from strangulation, the possibility of Woolmer having consumed a drink laced with weedkiller or aconite has also been speculated all along.

Jamaica Gleaner quoted its sources in London as saying that "the Scotland Yard report specifically said Woolmer died of heart failure, contradicting earlier reports by the investigative arm of the Jamaica Constabulary Force (JCF) and local pathologist Dr Ere Seshiah, who had conducted a post-mortem on Woolmer's body".

The report said the Scotland Yard findings were disclosed last week during a meeting with Shields and Superintendent Colin Pinnace, who stopped over in London, en route to South Africa.

Earlier, two Pakistani detectives, who had travelled to Jamaica to assist in the investigations, had also informed their Interior Ministry that Jamaican Police were yet to find conclusive evidence that Woolmer had been strangled.