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A table from the Lindt cafe with damage from gunfire. Picture: NSW Police
IMAGES of bullet holes through chairs and tables from inside the Lindt cafe have been released by the inquest into the siege deaths.
The images are a graphic illustration of the gunbattle that ensued when tactical police stormed the Martin Place cafe during the early hours of December 16, 2014, to end the 17-hour siege.
Monis had just killed cafe manager Tori Johnson and, in evidence this week, it emerged the gunman may have been hiding behind a chair and preparing to shoot at police.
Images released today show the trajectory of bullets through a table and the bullet entries through a chair.
One chair had 10 bullet fragments embedded into it.
Also today, avatars of police and gunman Man Haron Monis were used in a 3D reconstruction of the siege to show how the final moments unfolded.
The inquest into the deaths arising from the siege today heard that Monis shot at six police officers 21 seconds after the emergency action plan was initiated and they stormed the cafe in the early hours of December 16, 2014.
Damaged chairs. Picture: NSW PoliceSource:Supplied
How bullet fragments damaged a Lindt cafe chair. Picture: NSW PoliceSource:Supplied
Bullett damage. Picture: NSW PoliceSource:Supplied
Monis missed and fired another shot four seconds later, firing into the wall of the cafe. The inquest heard that Monis was just 10m from the officers when he shot at them.
A “fly-through†video played at the inquest showed the first breaching shot fired by police so they could enter the building, and another officer hitting a glass panel at a counter on the inside of the cafe.
Sydney Lindt cafe siege chairs. Picture: NSW PoliceSource:Supplied
Close up of a bullet entry.Source:Supplied
Using state-of-the-art laser scanners, NSW Police crime scene officer Dominic Raneri was able to accurately recreate the scene inside and outside the cafe to within a millimetre.
Another “fly-through†video showed the scene from the perspectives of the three snipers who were situated in the Channel 7, RBA and Westpac buildings, the tactical operations members who raided the cafe and Monis.
Monis was killed when police stormed the Martin Pl building.
Barrister and mother-of-three, Katrina Dawson, died after she was hit by fragments from police rounds.
Cafe manager Tori Johnson was shot and killed by Monis, prompting police to storm the cafe.
The inquest continues.