Slain Pakistani cricket team coach Bob Woolmer was today cremated during a private family function in Cape Town, the family said.

“Yes, my father was cremated this morning (Friday). The service was held at Doves (parlour) in Salt River at 11am (0900 GMT),” Woolmer’s son, Dale, told AFP. “It was private and only family members attended,” he said.

The body of Woolmer, who is believed to have been poisoned while at a World Cup in Jamaica, arrived in South Africa last Sunday, six weeks after his corpse was discovered in a Jamaican hotel room.

A public memorial service for the 58-year-old former South Africa coach, whose widow Gill lives in Cape Town’s Pinelands neighbourhood, was held in the city last month.

The former Pakistan coach’s body was held in legal limbo for weeks after an autopsy indicated the former England Test player had been strangled, but investigators have yet to make any arrests.