Supporters of the Ireland World Cup cricket team make their presence felt at yesterday's match against the West Indies at Sabina Park. The Irish lost the match by eight wickets but will advance along with the Windies to the Super Eight stage of the competition which gets under way next week. - Norman Grindley/Deputy Chief Photographer

The manner in which the information relating to the post-mortem of murdered Pakistan cricket coach, Bob Woolmer, was disseminated has raised concerns of a possible cover-up.

It was first reported by the police that the autopsy was inconclusive.

A former government pathologist who worked at the Ministry of National Security and Justice has questioned the interpretation of the post-mortem reports.

Bungled post-mortem

The pathologist, who is currently working in the region, said that he was distraught at the alleged bungled post-mortem on the late Pakistan coach. He questioned the quality of the training received by local pathologists.

Dr. Ere Sheshiah, who conducted the post-mortem on Woolmer, is hired by the Government.

"This is possibly why it might be difficult to get him to speak - to find out if a second post-mortem was even conducted and if another report was filed," said a medical doctor.

A wire photograph dated Monday, March 19, showed what appeared to be marks on Mr. Woolmer's right cheek, across his nose and on the left side of his forehead just above his eye.

The photo caption indicated that the picture was taken at a morgue, one day after the Pakistan coach was found dead in his room at the Jamaica Pegasus hotel, New Kingston.

Yesterday, Dr. Garfield Blake, head of the Jamaican Association of Clinical Pathologists, said the post-mortem was obviously not handled properly.

"The final conclusion of this being a manual strangulation, I would not expect the first word (on the autopsy) to be inconclusive," Dr. Blake told The Gleaner.

And post-mortem expert, Dr. Jephthah Ford, also raised questions about the findings and whether a second post-mortem was done. He said: "There are certain conclusions that they could have announced, such as his heart was in a good condition, so heart attack is ruled out. They may not be able to say what is the cause of death, but you could say what is not the cause of death."