Open Verdict for Woolmer’s Death
Woolmer’s Jury in Jamaica has recorded an open verdict on the suspicious death of former Pakistan’s coach Bob Woolmer. The jury decided this as there wasn’t sufficient evidence of either natural causes or a criminal act. The jury consisting of eleven members began the verdict last week with five weeks of evidence which received instructions from Patrick Murphy before deciding that they were unable to make a decision. Originally Patrick Murphy told the jurors about the outcomes, a week ago as the jurors began to consider if Woolmer’s death was due to natural causes, suicide, murder, accident or a voluntary manslaughter. After 26 days of testimony from 57 witnesses, the verdict came out and the local police had to close their case.
The Jamaican deputy police said that they have no intensions to go for any further investigations on this case. He also added that, this was one of the largest investigations in recent years and it has always been confident that Bob Woolmer died of natural causes. The Jamaican police had interviewed nearly 400 people, pursued 500 lines of inquiry and collected statements from 250 witnesses.

