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| Fatal bullet missed Pc's armour | Fatal bullet missed Pc's armour |
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| The bullet which killed a policewoman who was shot dead by an armed gang narrowly missed the bullet-proof part of her body armour, a court heard. | The bullet which killed a policewoman who was shot dead by an armed gang narrowly missed the bullet-proof part of her body armour, a court heard. |
| Pc Sharon Beshenivsky was hit in the chest as she responded to a robbery at a Bradford travel agents last November. | Pc Sharon Beshenivsky was hit in the chest as she responded to a robbery at a Bradford travel agents last November. |
| A ballistics expert also told Newcastle Crown Court the fatal bullet came from the same gun used to shoot her colleague Teresa Milburn, who survived. | A ballistics expert also told Newcastle Crown Court the fatal bullet came from the same gun used to shoot her colleague Teresa Milburn, who survived. |
| Five men are on trial accused of involvement in Pc Beshenivsky's murder. | Five men are on trial accused of involvement in Pc Beshenivsky's murder. |
| Ballistics expert Dr Philip Alexander told the jury the bullet which killed Pc Beshenivsky passed through the corner of her body armour where there was no protective material. | Ballistics expert Dr Philip Alexander told the jury the bullet which killed Pc Beshenivsky passed through the corner of her body armour where there was no protective material. |
| It hit her from above and the left as she ducked, he said. | It hit her from above and the left as she ducked, he said. |
| Pc Milburn previously gave evidence at the trial | Pc Milburn previously gave evidence at the trial |
| Dr Alexander studied cartridges, casings and bullet cores and believed the same weapon was used to shoot the two Pcs, and fire a third shot, which hit a nearby building. | Dr Alexander studied cartridges, casings and bullet cores and believed the same weapon was used to shoot the two Pcs, and fire a third shot, which hit a nearby building. |
| "In my opinion one gun inflicted the fatal injury to Pc Beshenivsky and wounded Pc Milburn, and it was also the gun that was fired at and struck the Grove Library," he said. | "In my opinion one gun inflicted the fatal injury to Pc Beshenivsky and wounded Pc Milburn, and it was also the gun that was fired at and struck the Grove Library," he said. |
| Yusuf Abdillh Jamma, 20, Raza Ul-Haq Aslam, 25, Faisal Razzaq, 25, and his brother Hassan, 26, all deny murder. | Yusuf Abdillh Jamma, 20, Raza Ul-Haq Aslam, 25, Faisal Razzaq, 25, and his brother Hassan, 26, all deny murder. |
| Muzzaker Imtiaz Shah, 25, earlier admitted murdering Pc Beshenivsky, but denies firing the shot that killed her. | Muzzaker Imtiaz Shah, 25, earlier admitted murdering Pc Beshenivsky, but denies firing the shot that killed her. |
| Shah, of no fixed address, also denies the attempted murder of Pc Teresa Milburn, who was also shot in the chest during the incident. | Shah, of no fixed address, also denies the attempted murder of Pc Teresa Milburn, who was also shot in the chest during the incident. |
| Mr Jamma is from Whitmore Road, Small Heath, Birmingham. Mr Aslam is from St Pancras Way, Kentish Town, north London. | Mr Jamma is from Whitmore Road, Small Heath, Birmingham. Mr Aslam is from St Pancras Way, Kentish Town, north London. |
| Faisal Razzaq and his brother Hassan are both from Sebert Road, Forest Gate, east London. | Faisal Razzaq and his brother Hassan are both from Sebert Road, Forest Gate, east London. |
| The trial continues. | The trial continues. |