Shane Warne death: Thai police say autopsy shows cricket great died of natural causes

Thai police say Shane Warne’s autopsy shows the cricket great died of natural causes.

Deputy spokesperson Kritsana Pattanacharoen said on Monday afternoon the autopsy report had been received and it concluded Warne had a “natural death”. Thai police have informed his family and the Australian embassy.

The police will now provide the report to the prosecutor to close the case.

The Australian ambassador thanked Thai police and the related department for the investigation into the 52-year-old’s death on Friday.

Earlier, a German woman had been questioned by Thai police after she entered the back of the ambulance transporting Warne’s body off Koh Samui island.

Warne’s body was on Sunday taken from Koh Samui by ferry to Surat Thani on the mainland and to a local hospital where the official autopsy was conducted. His remains are now expected to be prepared for an air transfer to Melbourne.

Warne’s body was accompanied by his friends, as well as the Australian ambassador to Thailand, Allan McKinnon, and Dfat officials, but they were not with the van when it was parked on the car ferry, the ABC reported.

ABC video footage showed a blonde woman accompanied by a Thai woman talking to local immigration officials by the car ferry.

The pair was then escorted to the ambulance parked on the ferry where the blonde woman approached the driver’s window holding flowers. They had a brief exchange before he escorted her to the other side of the van and allowed her to enter for less than a minute.

The woman attended the local police station on Monday morning and spoke with the superintendent of the station.

McKinnon earlier told media Thai police and hospital staff were facilitating the return of Warne’s body to Australia as quickly as