KINGSTON, May 11: A suspect in Bob Woolmer's murder may be named after a high-level meeting between the officials of Jamaican Police and Scotland yard in London next week, according to a newspaper report.

The 'Jamaican Observer' said the highly complex case could come closer to conclusion after the meeting. "I am not saying much, only that the case will be closer to closure after that high-level meeting," a source close to the investigation was quoted as saying by the paper.

A team from the Jamaica Constabulary Force, led by Deputy Commissioner Mark Shields and including Deputy Superintendent Colin Pinnock, has left the island to meet Scotland Yard detective superintendent John Sweeney.

The team will also meet with the British Forensic Science Service and a British pathologist who had conducted independent tests on fluid and tissue samples taken from Woolmer's body.

The pathologist also examined a post-mortem report which was handed over to investigators by local pathologist Dr Ere Seshiah.

When the Jamaican investigators are briefed they will then journey to Cape Town in South Africa to interview other persons of interest in that country.

The 58-year-old Woolmer was murdered in his hotel room here on March 18 after Pakistan's shock defeat at the hands of Ireland a day before, leading to their first round exit from the World Cup.—Agencies

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