BANGKOK (Reuters) – An post-mortem confirmed the loss of life final week of Australian cricket nice Shane Warne on an island in Thailand was on account of natural causes, the Thai police stated on Monday.
Warne’s household had been instructed of the end result and had accepted the discovering. His physique can be transferred to Australian consular officers for return to the household, a deputy police spokesman stated.
“Today investigators acquired the post-mortem end result, through which the medical opinion is that the trigger of loss of life is natural,” Kissana Phathanacharoen stated in a press release.
“Investigators will summarize the post-mortem end result for prosecutors throughout the timeframe of the regulation.”
Well-wishers left tributes of flowers, flags, an Australian sports activities shirt, a can of beans and a packet of cigarettes outdoors the villa on the northeast coast of Koh Samui the place Warne was discovered unconscious.
Warne, 52, one of the best spin bowlers of all time, whose expertise and persona transcended the game, died on Friday, spurring tributes, with Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison calling him “one of our nation’s best characters”.
Tom Hall, who was staying on the identical resort the place Warne was discovered unconscious in his room, stated there have been “no uncommon circumstances” surrounding the flamboyant former cricketer’s loss of life.
Hall, chief govt of web site the Sporting News, stated none of Warne’s travelling companions had been conscious of him visiting a physician, although he had complained to a buddy of “some chest pains and shortness of breath”.
Earlier, Thai police stated Warne additionally had bronchial asthma and a few coronary heart points, citing data from his household.
Australian media stated Warne’s household funeral can be adopted by a memorial service on the Melbourne Cricket Ground (MCG) inside two or three weeks.
The Great Southern Stand on the MCG, the place the spinner took his 700th wicket on Boxing Day 2006, will probably be renamed the S Ok Warne Stand.
(Reporting by Patpicha Tanakasempipat; Additional reporting by Vorasit Satienlerk on Koh Samui; Writing by Martin Petty and Amlan Chakraborty; Editing by Shri Navaratnam and Clarence Fernandez)
