Details of Shane Warne’s funeral are revealed ahead of the cricketer’s body being returned to Australia – as cops pick up his autopsy results
- Shane Warne’s family to hold a private service before a state funeral held at MCG
- The late cricketer’s loved ones will gather in Melbourne after his body is returned
- An autopsy is being conducted on the 52-year-old’s body at Surat Thani Hospital
- Details of bringing the cricket great home to Australia are still being ironed out
Shane Warne’s family will hold a private funeral to say goodbye before a state service is held in front of up to 100,000 people at the Melbourne Cricket Ground.
Close friends and family of the late cricketer will gather in Melbourne after the 52-year-old’s body is returned to Australia from Thailand.
Plans are still being finalised for a public memorial due to be held later this month.
On this timeline, the state funeral is in danger of clashing with the start of the AFL season, but it’s understood that adjustments will be made to ensure the cricket great can be honoured.
Fans have flocked to the MCG in recent days to leave tributes of VB cans, flowers, heartfelt letters at the foot of the Shane Warne statue.
The grand plans for Shane Warne’s state funeral and memorial service where thousands of Australians will farewell the cricket legend have been revealed (pictured, Warne in 2019)
Fans have flocked to the MCG in recent days to leave tributes of VB cans, flowers, heartfelt letters and even a slice of pizza at the foot of the Shane Warne statue (pictured)
A Police officer collects preliminary autopsy reports on Warne on Monday at the Surat Thani Hospital
A Thai police officer is seen picking up Shane Warne’s autopsy result at Surat Thani hospital on Monday ahead of a news conference following his death
It comes after an autopsy was conducted on Warne’s body at the Surat Thani Hospital, three hours from the luxury hotel the cricketer was staying in when he died.
A local Thai police officer was seen at the hospital picking up the autopsy result on Monday.
A private jet or government charted aircraft has been considered for Warne’s final passage home, which will likely take off from Surat Thani international airport.
However, with no direct flights to Melbourne plans have had to be reconsidered and are still being worked out, a source told the Herald Sun.
The cricket superstar turned commentator and businessman was found unconscious in his room at the luxury Samujana Villas resort on the island of Koh Samui on Friday.
Thai police said that Warne was staying in the villa with four friends, and when one of the group tried to wake Shane at around 5pm local time he was unresponsive.
Friend Andrew Neophitou desperately tried to revive him by performing CPR for 20 minutes – but Warne couldn’t be saved and later died in hospital.
The cricket superstar (pictured in 2011) was found unconscious in his room at the luxury Samujana Villas resort on the island of Koh Samui in Thailand on Friday
Close friends and family of the late cricketer (pictured left) will gather in Melbourne after the 52-year-old’s body is returned to Australia to Thailand
The hospital where Shane Warne’s body is currently being kept before it is transported back to Australia
An officer investigates autopsy documents as further information is revealed about the death of the Australian cricket great
Thai police revealed on Saturday that they found his room splattered with bloodstains from the prolonged CPR but have ruled out foul play.
Thai officials do not believe Warne’s death was suspicious, while also noting no alcohol or cigarettes were found inside the luxury villa.
Two piles of blood were found on the carpet at the foot of Warne’s bed as well as three blood-stained towels, and one pillow, with blood stains also on the mattress.
Ambulance crews also reported a pool of vomit by the bed.
Paramedic Anuch Han-Iam told media on the scene that when he and his colleague responded to the emergency call, Warne’s friends were already performing CPR.
‘They were trying to bring him back to life… They were desperate. I think one was crying. Really stressed and panicked,’ he told The Sun.
‘They kept trying to wake him… I heard someone saying ”come on Shane, come on”.’
Mr Han-Iam said there were no women in the room, nor was there ‘anything unusual that made [him] think they’d been partying’.
‘I did my best for him and gave all my energy. I’m so sorry that I couldn’t help him.’
The mortuary building where Shane Warne’s body is currently being held in the Thai island of Koh Samui
Fans have gathered to pay their respects to the cricketer at his statue in the MCG (pictured) after his shock death sent shockwaves around the nation on Friday
Thai police revealed on Saturday that they found Warne’s room splattered with bloodstains from the prolonged CPR but have ruled out foul play (pictured, the cricketer in 2019)
Police also revealed Warne had recently seen a doctor about chest pains prior to his arrival in Thailand and had been suffering from asthma and heart issues.
Bo Phut police superintendent Yuttana Sirisomba, said Warne’s family had passed on the medical information and said he recently ‘seen a doctor about his heart’.
On Sunday, Warne’s bereft parents visited his ‘really upset’ ex-wife Simone Callahan as the family attempt to process the loss of the legendary cricketer.
Warne’s father Keith and mother Brigette, his brother Jason, and his niece and nephew arrived at Simone’s home in southeast Melbourne.
Close friends of the cricketer Aaron Hamill, Steven Baker and Dimitri Mascarenhas also paid the grief-stricken family a visit, looking downcast as they arrived.
Warne’s three children, Jackson, Brooke, Summer are shattered by the cricket great’s death and expect him to ‘just walk through the door any moment’
On Sunday, Warne’s bereft parents visited his ‘really upset’ ex-wife Simone Callahan as the family attempt to process the loss of the legendary cricketer (pictured, the couple in 2010)
On Saturday, Keith was seen looking sombre outside his Black Rock property, with his wife Brigette telling reporters: ‘We’re just in shock… we’re ok’.
His ex-wife and three children, Jackson, Brooke, Summer are shattered by the cricket great’s death and expect him to ‘just walk through the door any moment’.
The cricketer’s ex-wife and mother of his children is also understood to be ‘really upset’ their children will have to readjust to life without their beloved dad.
Warne’s former fiancée Elizabeth Hurley, who he dated for three years, shared a selection of photos of them in happier times to social media.
The actress and model wrote: ‘I feel like the sun has gone behind a cloud forever. RIP my beloved Lionheart’.
Shane Warne’s body is transported from Surat Thani hospital in Thailand (pictured)
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