Two days after the police closed the three-month investigation into Bob Woolmer's
death, the Jamaican government has announced appointment of a committee to "review"
the high-profile probe.
National Security Minister Peter Phillips has appointed former president
of the Court of Appeal, Justice Ian Forte, to carry out a review of the
circumstances surrounding the investigation which treated the case as murder but
failed to establish it, according to newspaper reports here today.
"This review, according to Dr. Phillips, would 'assess the appropriateness
of the techniques and the standards of professionalism employed by police investigators,
as well as medical and other professional personnel,'" The Jamaican Gleaner
said.
Phillips, who made the announcement in Parliament yesterday, said the exercise
would be completed within six weeks and a report was to be submitted to him
no later than July 31.
Incidentally, the Pakistan Cricket Board had a day earlier demanded
a review of the Jamaican police investigation.
Pakistan coach Woolmer died under mysterious circumstances in his hotel room
in Kingston on March 18, a day after the team's humiliating loss to Ireland.
After carrying on the murder probe for three months, Commissioner of Police
Lucius Thomas told a press conference on Tuesday that Woolmer died of natural
causes and the case was being closed.
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