On the day before his death, Saturday March 17, Woolmer watched his Pakistan team crash to an astonishing defeat against Ireland, the rank outsiders. On the streets in Pakistan, as the defeat unfolded, angry crowds burned effigies of the Englishman and chanted ‘Death to Woolmer’. Today, Shields is a security consultant, offering advice to Caribbean visitors on keeping themselves and their valuables safe from robbers. When TV writer Robert Thorogood read about the case, he was inspired to create a whole series, basing DI Neville Parker on Shields. But this is one death in paradise where the whole truth will probably never be known.

Source: Daily Mail January 07, 2021 00:51 UTC