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Assistant Govt. analyst gives further evidence

by Sandasen Marasinghe

When all characteristic features of a spent bullet case does not tally with the model spent bullet case, we decide they are not similar, said the Assistant Government Analyst P. G. Madawala testifying before the Trial-at-Bar hearing the Udatalawinna massacre while he was being cross examined by the Defence Counsel Anil Silva in the High Court Colombo, yesterday.

The Trial-at-Bar comprised High Court Judges Eric Basnayake (President), Deepali Wijesundara and Sunil Rajapakse.

The Assistant Government Analyst submitted that Silvan Rajapakse also participated in the inspection and preparing the notes but his signature was not in the notes.

A note of the details of the weapons regarding the current case was in his possession. Defence Counsel:- "But you stated yesterday that you did not have such a note." Witness:- "I forgot it, But I found it later."

Judge Basnayake:- "Whose handwriting is on it?"

Witness:- "Silvan Rajapakse's"

When the Defence Counsel Anil Silva suggested that the Assistant Government Analyst did not participate in the inspection but was testifying referring to someone else's notes the witness rejected the claim.

Defence Counsel:- "If you prepared the notes that day it cannot be forgotten."

Witness:- "Sometimes can be"

Defence counsel then suggested that the witness had prepared those notes the previous night and the Assistant Government Analyst rejected it.

Defence Counsel:- "Did you seal the parcels before they were kept in the almirahs while the inspection was being held for a long time?"

Witness:- "It is unnecessary since they were kept under my supervision and the keys of those almirahs were in my possession. The seals of those parcels were in good condition when I received them although some of them cannot be recognized now."

Defence Counsel:- "Someone can break them off at the Government Analyst's Department"

Witness:- "Officers do not have such a necessity."

Defence Counsel:- "Who else possesses the keys of those almirahs?"

Witness:- "Sivaraj."

When the Defence Counsel inquired the Assistant Government Analyst as to whether he knew precisely was the key kept at the proper place the witness answered in the negative.

Witness further submitted that some other productions also were kept in the almirah where the weapons regarding with the current case kept and sometimes Silvan Rajapakse also had used the keys of those almirahs which were in my possession. Further hearings were put off for November 3.

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