Perth, Western Australia August 23, 2008 Home News Time Out Letters Write a Letter Special Coverage Walsham Classifieds Search Real Estate Trades & Services Submit About Contact Us Advertising Legal	Woolley worried friends Shortly before his death, friends of former Peppermint Grove real estate agent William (Bill) Woolley told a psychologist they were worried about him. The psychologist had arranged to see him the weekend he died. Mr Woolley's body was found in bush at Swanbourne last Friday night. His body was discovered by a Scotch College staff member taking students on a cross-country run. The school said this week the teacher had the support of a counselling service if it was needed. Police are not treating the death as suspicious. Mr Woolley (52), of Woolley and Associates, had been stripped of his real estate agent's licence in June amid allegations of impropriety over the $33 million Mandurah Marina development. He also faced fraud charges over an alleged failure to notify purchasers of special conditions on development of the land. Claremont resident and psychologist Peter Weygers said Mr Woolley's friends had approached him, saying Mr Woolley felt totally alone and powerless, with no hope of bringing the truth out in a fair trial. This week Mr Woolley's pregnant widow, Belinda, hit out at newspaper report which she said showed a lack of sensitivity to her husband's passing. In a moving letter she described the shame and humiliation Mr Woolley had suffered at the loss of his job, wealth, friends and respect, which was manifested in the loss of even his golf club membership. She said the only positives left in his life were the love of his family and the impending birth of his baby. But, she said the thought of suffering through a trial on fraud charges and the lack of compassion by bankers, lawyers and even former staff members were too much for him to bear. BACK TO TOP < PREVIOUS - HOME - NEXT> Copyright © 1999 - 2006 Post Newspapers Pty Ltd. All rights reserved.