The body of former Pakistan cricket coach, Bob Woolmer, left the island yesterday for Cape Town, South Africa.

Departing on an Air Jamaica Flight from Norman Manley International Airport at 10:10 p.m., the body is to be flown first to Heathrow Airport in London, England, and then on to his family in Cape Town on Sunday.

About 12:20 p.m., local press representatives, under the watchful eyes of police officers, observed as Mr. Woolmer's body, placed within a shipping case, was transported in a white Lincoln hearse from Roman's Funeral Home in Kingston to the airport.

Winston Roman, a director at the funeral home, said the shipping case consisted of a coffin covered by a box.

"Shipping or keeping Mr. Woolmer's body was no extra work for us. This is what we do and we ship bodies to relatives overseas every week," he said.

The return of the late Pakistan cricket team coach follows a release order made on Monday by Coroner Patrick Murphy.