Woolmer tests that point to a poisoning

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A post-mortem examination on the Pakistan cricket coach determined that he was strangled in his Jamaican hotel room.

But results from toxicology tests are understood to have brought a possible fresh twist to the investigation.

The discovery of poison, if confirmed, would add credibility to theories that Woolmer - who was 6ft 1in and 18 stone - was weakened and unable to fight back before he was overpowered by a mystery attacker.

It could also suggest that his murder was pre-meditated, rather than the result of a heat-of-the-moment dispute after Pakistan's shock exit from the Cricket World Cup three weeks ago.

Jamaica's coroner, Patrick Murphy, and Director of Public Prosecutions, Kent Pantry, will meet this week to finalise which witnesses will be required to give live evidence at the inquest, expected to begin next Monday.

The list is likely to include members of the Pakistan cricket team, who left Jamaica within days of Woolmer's murder.