Woolmer was poisoned then strangled, BBC claims

PAKISTAN cricket coach Bob Woolmer was poisoned before being strangled, apparently rendering him unable to fight back, a BBC programme says today.

Preliminary tests revealed a drug in Woolmer’s system that would have incapacitated him, according to Panorama. Programme makers said it seems certain that as 6ft 2ins Woolmer was strangled, he had already been rendered helpless, explaining how he could have been overpowered.

Final toxicology results are to be handed back to Jamaican police next week, but are expected to confirm the preliminary findings, the programme said.