A janitor yesterday dropped a bombshell at the Bob Woolmer inquest when she testified that she saw the former cricket coach counting a large wad of United States dollars in the Pakistan dressing room at Sabina Park a day before the Cricket World Cup started earlier this year.

The courtroom was stunned when Patricia Baker-Sinclair made the revelation while being questioned by Deputy Director of Public Prosecutions Tanya Spence.

“I saw Mr Woolmer sitting facing the door and the next gentleman counting a lot of money, a lot of US currency,” Baker-Sinclair said.

“When you say a lot, what do you mean?” Spence asked.

“The money was in a thick coil,” Baker-Sinclair answered.

“How many of these coils did you see?” Spence asked.

“A lot of coils on the table, elastic up,” the woman answered.

“How do you know it was US?” Spence asked.

“Because I look on it,” Baker-Sinclair answered, “He was putting it into one of the big blue and black cricket bag that the cricketers carry their bats in.”

She also told the court that Woolmer and the other man, whom she described as an Indian who wore a suit, spoke in a language that she couldn’t understand. According to Baker-Sinclair, she had gone to that area of Sabina Park to refill the bathroom with toiletries.

She is expected to return to the Jamaica Conference Centre in Downtown Kingston to continue her testimony today.

British toxicologist, John Slaughter, also drew Spence’s ire when he failed to report to the Crown who had paid his travel and accommodation expenses in order for him to testify at the inquest.

Slaughter, instead, chose to sit among three International Cricket Council representatives who are attending the inquest.

“It is surprising that Mr Slaughter did not report to the Crown after the Jamaican Government invited him to appear at this inquest,” Spence said.

Slaughter is expected to give evidence at the inquest this week.

Yesterday also saw the continuation of evidence by government forensic analyst Marcia Dunbar; director of the Forensic Sciences Centre in Barbados, Cheryl Corbin; and Barbadian toxicologist, Michael Best.

Corbin gave sworn testimony that she was contacted by head of the Government forensic laboratory, Dr Judith Mowatt, to conduct tests on DNA samples taken from Woolmer’s body.

Corbin said the tests revealed that cypermethrin was present in the DNA samples.

She said after the positive results were yielded she acquired a pure form of the chemical from a company which produces the insect spray, BOP, for comparison.

The tests were conducted by Best, Corbin said.