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| Friday, 25 July 2003 |
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Nine bullets had penetrated Aswar's body - Assistant JMO by Indeewara Thilakarathne Twenty-five wounds were found on the body of Mohamed Aswar, said Assistant JMO of the Homagama hospital Dr. Sanjeeva Ilangange continuing his testimony before the Trial-at-Bar hearing the Udatalawinna massacre yesterday. The Trial-at-Bar comprises High Court Judges, Eric Basnayaka (president), Deepali Wijesundara and Sunil Rajapaksa. Examined by Additional Solicitor General Palitha Fernando, Dr. Sanjeeva said that two of the wounds on the body were fatal and 9 bullets had penetrated the body. Cross-examined by Defence Counsel R.I. Obeysekara, the expert witness said that he was appointed in 1998 and had served as the Assistant JMO at Kandy in 2001. He said that he examined bodies with bullet wounds for the first time in the post-mortem held in connection with this case. Counsel R.I Obeysekara: "What did you do with the garments worn by Aswar? Dr. Sanjeeva : "I handed them over to a police officer who was present". Counsel: "Could you remember his name". Dr. Sanjeeva: "No, I could not." Dr. Sanjeeva said that he had put the recovered items into envelopes and stapled them. He said that he did not seal them as they were in his custody and were handed over to an officer of the Teldeniya Magistrate Court. Referring to the post-mortem on the body of Safar Ahmed Dr Sanjeeva said that he also handed over the garment on the body to a police officer and the recovered items were sealed and put into envelopes. However the expert witness admitted that he failed to mention any of the articles recovered from the body of Mohamed Nazar in the statement that he made to the CID. Counsel R.I Obeysekara: "Now you said that you recovered a piece of metal from the victim's body ?" Dr. Sanjeeva: "No I did not say so". Thereafter the witness was cross-examined by defence counsel Anil de Silva. Dr. Sanjeeva said that he made the notes and diagrams pertaining to the bodies whilst Dr. Asoka Bandara Senaviratne (who testified earlier) engaged in dissecting them. With reference to the post-mortem on Mohamed Aswar's body, Dr. Sanjeeva said that he could not specify the weapon that caused the injuries but could determined the wounds as caused by bullets from aberration collar and bullet entry and came out points. Dr. Sanjeeva admitted that he could not distinguish any difference between a bullet recovered from a body and that of someone else's. He said that the bullets belonged to a high velocity weapon. Further hearings resume on July 29, 2003. |
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