Victim shot dead with Oki's gun: Ballistic expert<\/p>\n
JAKARTA (JP): A United States' ballistic expert, testifying in
\nthe trial of an Indonesian charged with a Los Angeles triple
\nmurder, said yesterday one of the victims was shot by a hand gun
\nbelieved to be the suspect's.<\/p>\n
Anthony Larry Pall, 59, a retired ballistic expert of Los
\nAngeles Police Department (LAPD), told the Central Jakarta
\nDistrict Court he drew his conclusion from a bullet removed from
\nSuresh Mirchandani's spinal column.<\/p>\n
Harnoko Dewanto, alias Oki, 32, is charged with murdering
\nSuresh Mirchandani, an Indian who was his business partner,
\nIndonesian woman Gina Sutan Aswar and his younger brother Tri
\nHarto Darmawan, alias Eri, between August 1991 and November 1992.<\/p>\n
Pall said the suspect had two guns: a rifle and a 38-caliber
\nTaurus handgun.<\/p>\n
\"After thorough examinations, we concluded the projectile was
\nfrom the handgun,\" said Pall, who worked for the LAPD for 30
\nyears.<\/p>\n
Karen Chiarodit, a Los Angeles Police Department forensic
\nprint specialist, had previously said she examined the receipt
\nfrom the handgun's purchase which was in Eri's name.<\/p>\n
However, Chiarodit said the handwriting on the receipt was
\nidentical to Oki's.<\/p>\n
When asked by defense lawyer Henry Yosodiningrat whether it
\nwas the gun used to shoot Mirchandani, Pall said: \"Through a
\nmicroscopic examination it was the only projectile shot from the
\ngun.\"<\/p>\n
He said he took the bullet from Mirchandani and put a
\nregistration mark on it.<\/p>\n
Pall said the bullet pierced Mirchandani's heart and entered
\nhis spine.<\/p>\n
The Brazilian gun was powerful enough to kill even from 800
\nmeters, he said.<\/p>\n
He said he could not determine from what distance Mirchandani
\nwas shot.<\/p>\n
\"The projectile would have pierced through Mirchandani's body
\nif it had not stopped in his spinal column,\" Pall said, adding
\nthat the victim was shot from the front.<\/p>\n
Physician Laskhsmanan, 48, said part of Mirchandani's chest
\nwas removed. His heart and lungs were missing, and his hands
\nchopped off, he said.<\/p>\n
\"There were blood stains on his chest's wall, which proved
\nthat when his heart and lungs were removed, his heart was still
\npumping blood,\" Laskhsmanan said.<\/p>\n
He said he examined the other two victims' bodies. The left
\nand back parts of their heads had been crushed by a wrench, he
\nsaid.<\/p>\n
\"There were no physical signs the victims had made any effort
\nto defend themselves,\" he said.<\/p>\n
Presiding Judge I.G.K. Sukarata adjourned the trial until
\nTuesday. (07)<\/p>",
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