Cricket: An inquest into the murder of Pakistan cricket coach Bob Woolmer at the World Cup scheduled to start on Monday has been postponed because of "recent and significant developments" in the case.
A statement from Jamaica's Justice Ministry did not give details on the developments that led to the postponing of the coroner's inquest.
"The coroner has been advised that there are recent and significant developments concerning the death of Mr. Robert Woolmer," the Jamaican Justice Ministry said in a statement issued late on Thursday.
"The coroner wishes that these new and significant developments be pursued with the utmost urgency, taking into account that the officer in charge has advised that these new developments are critical to the progress and the eventual results of the investigations themselves.
"If it becomes necessary for an inquest to be held after the new and material developments have been investigated, then another date for the holding of the inquest will be appointed."
Woolmer was found unconscious in his hotel room on March 18th and pronounced dead at a hospital the morning after his powerhouse Pakistani squad suffered a shock defeat by Ireland during the cricket World Cup on St Patrick's Day.
A pathologist who conducted Woolmer's autopsy initially ruled his that the cause of the death was inconclusive, but four days later determined he had been strangled.
Earlier Deputy Police Commissioner Mark Shields said Pakistani cricket players could be called to testify at the coroner's inquest but declined to say which.
The Sun newspaper in Britain today quoted unnamed Jamaican police sources saying that they were sure Woolmer had been poisoned. It said a deadly substance, aconite, had been found in toxicology samples from his body.
The Irish team, who were staying at the same hotel as Woolmer, were fingerprinted and gave DNA samples to Jamaican police this week.
A statement given released yesterday by the Irish team management said they were away from the hotel around the period Woolmer was murdered.
Jamaican police had said previously that all guests and staff at the Pegasus Hotel in Kingston at the time Woolmer was staying there would be similarly tested as part of the investigation.