CORONER Patrick Murphy, the magistrate overseeing the inquest into the death of former Pakistan cricket coach Bob Woolmer, yesterday granted an application to have samples of Woolmer’s stomach contents re-tested at a local laboratory.

Acting on behalf of Deputy Commissioner of Police Mark Shields, two attorneys yesterday made the application to Murphy in chambers, which Murphy granted. The ruling will see all the samples of Woolmer’s remains that were sent to overseas pathologists for testing and analysis being returned to the island for re-examination.

It was not immediately clear what spurred Shields to press for the re-testing. However, there was an unconfirmed report that Shields was concerned about the conflicting testimonies surrounding the presence of the poison cypermethrin in Woolmer’s body.

Local forensic analyst Marcia Dunbar, as well as the director of the Forensics Centre in Barbados, Cheryl Corbin, both gave evidence last week that cypermethrin was found in the cricket coach’s system.

Dunbar said the insecticide was found in Woolmer’s urine and blood samples, while Corbin said the poison was found in DNA samples.

However, British toxicologist John Slaughter reported no findings of cypermethrin.

Also yesterday, Jamaica Constabulary Force photographer Corporal Douglas Marner of the Major Investigations Task Force, gave evidence about photos he took of the Jamaica Pegasus Hotel room in which Woolmer’s body was found on March 18. The photographs were shown to the court on large projectors.