JAMAICA: Jamaican Deputy Police Commissioner Mark Shields says investigation into Bob Woolmer murder continuing at steady pace and no arrest has been made

Jamaican Deputy Police Commissioner, Mark Shields, said that the investigation into the death of Pakistan cricket coach Bob Woolmer, is progressing at a steady pace and will be aided by law enforcement in other countries. He denied rumours of an arrest. Deputy Police Commissioner, Mark Shields said that the investigation into the murder of Pakistan cricket coach Bob Woolmer was proceeding and progressing in a steady manner. He called on anyone with information to come forward. "The investigation is really as it was yesterday, progressing at a steady pace. We have a huge amount of enquiries to make. It is our intention to enquire the whereabouts of as many people who were in the hotel at the time and by that I mean anybody who was a guest in the hotel should come forward, if they haven't been spoken to. Anyone who was in the hotel on Sunday evening, whether they feel they saw something or not, the best thing is contact us and let us decide whether or not we need to take a statement or at least get something because it could be that you have a vital bit of information. So it is our intention to interview everyone who works in the hotel and I say this time the management and the staff of the Pegasus Hotel have been extraordinarily cooperative with the investigation team so far." The Pakistan team, numbed by Woolmer's death, woke in their hotel in Montego Bay on Friday after being flown there from Kingston at the behest of the Jamaican prime minister. Shields praised the way the team have handled themselves during the crisis. "Well the Pakistani team have cooperated with us throughout the whole investigation, I think they have been commendable because under difficult circumstances, when they were so close to Bob Woolmer in the first place that they have the ordeal of having to make statements. They have offered DNA samples, they offered fingerprints and that is commendable in the circumstances. And I must add as well, they're not being treated differently to anybody else at this stage. Anyone who we would take a statement from, we would get their data as well. If they agree to it, noone is forced to do that but in an investigation like as this, it is important that we eliminate and as well as try to identify the suspects," said Shields. He said that they would depart for London as scheduled on Saturday (March 24). "As far as the departure is concerned, they are leaving on schedule at the moment. And there is no reason for that to change," said Shields Woolmer was found unconscious in his hotel room on Sunday morning less than 24 hours after his side's defeat by Ireland sent them out of the tournament in the first round, one of the World Cup's biggest surprises. He was pronounced dead later in hospital. Shields said he was not sure when Bob Woolmer's body would leave the country. "Not sure about that yet, that is with the coroner. I will have to speak to coroner about exactly what he wants. So we'll see. We'll see," said Shields. The competition soldiered on on Friday with a match which normally would have cricket fans transfixed: India versus Sri Lanka in Port of Spain, Trinidad. Defeat for India would mean elimination at the first round stage and a cue for national outrage. West Indies and Ireland contested the other match at Sabina Park.

ITN Source | March 24, 2007

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