Deputy Commissioner Mark Shields has dismissed reports that members of the Pakistan team were mistreated during early investigations into the death of their coach Bob Woolmer.

According to a release from the Jamaica Information Service (JIS) Shields made the statements at a press conference at the Jamaica Police Officers Club on Hope Road on Saturday. "Nothing could be further from the truth. I have said throughout that we have nothing but 100 per cent cooperation from the Pakistan team.

They were treated with dignity and respect at a time when their coach had died under tragic circumstances, and they were very upset," he said at the press conference.

He also added that he has not directly heard of this mistreatment from the players. "Frankly, I am disappointed and a bit surprised about those statements and if they were indeed said, I have not heard it," he said.

Further analysis

He also revealed at the press conference that the police had received some of the toxicology results and they required further analysis.

"They will require further investigation and analysis and it will be totally inappropriate for me to elaborate any further on that," DCP Shields said.

On March 18, Woolmer 58, was found unconscious in his hotel room at the Jamaica Pegasus Hotel in New Kingston and pronounced dead at the University Hospital of the West Indies. The pathologist report later revealed that he died from asphyxia due to manual strangulation, sparking an intense investigation involving about 30 police officers.