Police investigating the murder of Bob Woolmer are to order a second post-mortem examination to guard against claims that the first report alleging strangulation is defective. Mark Shields, the Deputy Commissioner of Jamaican police, said that a second post mortem would preempt likely claims by a defence lawyer at a murder trial that the local pathologist who concluded that Woolmer was throttled had made mistakes. “If we arrest someone and charge them, the defence counsel will want a second post mortem,” Mr Shields said.

- Reported in The Times (28th March), Dawn (29 March), The Hindu (28th March), Times of India (29th March), The Australian (28th March) and numerous others

Jamaica's deputy police commissioner Mark Shields on Wednesday denied media reports that a second autopsy would be performed on the body of Bob Woolmer. "I can assure you there is no post mortem, there is no planned second post mortem," Shields was quoted by AFP. He added that any post mortem would only be announced in consultation with the Kingston coroner's office. "If there was any question of a second post mortem it would be something that I would discuss with him and announce," Shields said.