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Son of Woolmer: Family were told they might be in danger

Bob Woolmer’s son says his family were told they might be in danger shortly after the death of his father.

The Pakistan coach was found unconscious in his hotel room in Jamaica and was pronounced dead soon after arriving at Kingston hospital.

Three nights after Woolmer died, Jamaican police announced they were treating his death as suspicious. Two nights after that, they declared it was murder.

Dale Woolmer said: "My brother told me when I landed, 'the police will pick you up - our lives might be in danger',

"We didn’t believe that as a family, we were told that.

"I think police at the time and everyone in the investigation were certainly unsure as to what was happening because there were such conflicting reports coming out.

"But no, we never felt at any one point we were in danger."

Three months later police did an about-turn and stated they believed the coach had died of natural causes.

This clip is originally from 5 live Sport on Thursday 16 March, 2017.

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