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Woolmer strangled to death

Cricket coach Bob Woolmer was murdered, strangled in his hotel room by somebody he  knew, police said today.

Published Mar 23, 2007
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They said there was no forced entry into the Pakistan coach's hotel room and his possessions were undisturbed.

Reports suggest the manuscript of a book the former Warwickshire coach was writing about corruption in cricket had gone missing shortly before his death.

Special three-page report in today's Express & Star.

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