![]() Superintendent Willing said he sent the completed draft to his superior, Assistant Commissioner Mark Jenkins, who he said decided against sending it on to DPP Lloyd Babb. Homicide commander Superintendent Mick Willing told the inquest one of his officers, Detective Inspector Jason Dickinson, drafted a letter requesting that the Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) urgently review the decision to release Monis on bail. The inquest has previously heard homicide detectives were disappointed with the decision to grant bail and were highly critical of the public prosecutor who handled the case. Monis, 50, was granted bail on 12 December 2013 on a charge of being an accessory, before and after the fact, to his ex-wife's murder. The commander of the NSW Police homicide squad told the inquest he believed the "horse had bolted" on the issue of bail for Monis. 'Horse had bolted' on issue of bail: commander He added that shortening the firearm would affect its accuracy but that at distances of less than 10 metres the shotgun's accuracy remained "significant and severe". "Shortening of these firearms is generally to conceal them, to make them more portable," he told the inquest. Mr Murphy told the inquest that the shotgun had been sawn down from its original length of more than a metre to about 58 centimetres. "Guns and bullets and all that kind of thing are a challenge for all of us." "It struck me that even today there are bullets being manufactured that a going to kill someone and that's really quite distressing," she said. Ms Hope said the fact alone was quite distressing to hear. The inquest into the Lindt Cafe siege looks at the weapon used by Man Monis. ![]() The inquest heard that the bullets or cartridges Monis had were between 15 and 20 years old. "You can't hide, you can't hide that Monis had this, so rather than hide I must turn up and face what's happened." "It provokes a whole lot of feelings and emotions," she said outside the inquest. Siege survivor Louisa Hope was sitting in the public gallery when the shotgun was tendered at the inquest and said it was challenging but interesting to see the gun. ![]() The shotgun made a clicking sound each time it discharged. It took Mr Murphy about 20 seconds to load and fire off four cartridges, ejecting each spent cartridge after every shot. Police forensic ballistics expert Walter Murphy loaded the 12 gauge pump-action shotgun with blank cartridges and fired them off to demonstrate to the hearing how quickly the firearm could be loaded and discharged. The sawn-off shotgun Man Haron Monis used to stage his deadly attack on the Lindt Cafe in Sydney's Martin Place has been loaded with dummy bullets and fired at an inquest. ![]()
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