'He was dead': Masseuse who visited Shane Warne's villa speaks out

A masseuse who visited Shane Warne's villa just hours before he was found unresponsive says she believes he was already dead when she was there.

Four masseuses are among the last people to see Warne alive after the Aussie cricket legend's devastating death in Thailand.

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Warne died aged 52 on Saturday after he was found unresponsive by friends in his room at Samujana Villa resort on Koh Samui island.

Thai police have since confirmed that four masseuses visited the villa in the hours before Warne's death, with the cricket legend receiving a massage from two of the women.

One of the four women has now spoken to British tabloid The Sun, saying she knocked on Warne's door later in the day but didn't get a response.

The masseuse, known as 'Pen', said she was booked in to give Warne a foot rub but he never answered the door.

The 45-year-old said she texted her boss saying: “He’s not having a massage now, he won’t wake up”.

Around two hours later he was found unresponsive by friends, who entered his room when he was late for dinner.

“Shane was having a massage and the two other girls left before me," Pen told The Sun.

“I had a text saying that I would do his nails and a foot massage when they had finished.

“I think Shane was sleeping in his room the whole time because I didn’t see him while I was giving a nail treatment to his friend.

“I was supposed to go to see Shane after that but when the maid knocked on his door there was no reply.

“There was no sound in the room and they said he was sleeping, so I left.

“When I got home I was told he had died, so I was really sad. I think that he had been dead while I was in the villa.”

The Daily Mail has published images taken from CCTV footage showing the masseuses arriving and leaving the villa where Warne was staying.

The four women reportedly arrived at 1.53pm and left at 2.58pm.

Warne was discovered by his friends at 5.15pm, whereby they tried in vain to revive him.

Police chief Yuttana Sirisombat told the Daily Mail: "He didn’t die because of the massage. He wasn’t well."

Police say Shane Warne died of natural causes

Thai Police on Monday said autopsy results showed Warne had died from a suspected heart attack, confirming the death was due to natural causes with no signs of foul play.

Deputy director of Samui Hospital Songyot Chayaninporamet told reporters the autopsy showed Warne died of a "congenital disease".

Warne's body was taken by ferry to the Surat Thani mainland on Sunday.

He was then transported to Thailand's capital Bangkok on Monday night, and is being prepared for a flight to Australia, according to multiple media reports.

The Nine Network reports an Australian government charter flight is being organised for the repatriation.

Family friend Eddie McGuire said the Warne family hopes his body will arrive in Melbourne on Tuesday as expected, to assist with funeral preparations.

"That's the first step out of the way and the family is able to start mourning, start to plan for the private funeral and then for the memorial service, which hopefully will be at the MCG," he told Channel Nine.

with AAP

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