Sergeant Sheree Bissett who killed man admits to inaccuracy over later police report THE police officer who shot and killed mentally ill Sydney man Adam Salter has admitted to the Police Integrity Commission that part of the information she gave to investigating police after the incident was inaccurate. But the barrister assisting the commission accused the officer of making up her evidence entirely, suggesting that her story could only have been truthful if she had fired a magic bullet. It was the first time Sergeant Sheree Bissett had publicly answered questions about the November 2009 shooting, in which she shot Mr Salter in the back after responding to a call that he was harming himself. Sergeant Bissett has claimed that Mr Salter, 36, was threatening her colleague, Constable Aaron Abela, with a bloodied kitchen knife as the junior officer tried to restrain him. But during the fourth day of the commissions public hearings yesterday, Sergeant Bissett was forced to admit that a recorded re-enactment she gave to investigating police after the shooting misrepresented where Mr Salter and Constable Abela were standing. Counsel assisting the commission, Geoffrey Watson, SC, said an analysis of Constable Abelas uniform had shown that there was virtually no blood on it, disproving the claim that the two men had been grappling. The trajectory of the bullet. determined by the discovery of the projectile core and a damaged venetian blind, he said, made it physically impossible for her version to be accurate. If youre right about the way you described this scene, the bullet has gone in where you pointed to … taken a sharp left turn, then taken quite an extraordinary right hand turn towards the window, Mr Watson said. Youre just not telling the truth are you? After an often heated examination, Sergeant Bissett conceded that she had been inaccurate in her description of the movements of the two men. It was three days after the shooting, Im in a house where I dont want to be, she said of the re-enactment. His picture was staring down from the wall at me … I wasnt being accurate. Sergeant Bissett claimed she had changed her evidence after learning at this weeks hearings that Constable Abelas shirt had no blood on it. But under cross-examination from the barrister representing Adam Salters father, she conceded that she learnt last November there was no blood on the shirt, during a coronial inquiry into his death. Constable Abela was also forced to concede yesterday that, despite his claim to have grappled with the bleeding man, there was virtually no blood anywhere on his uniform or gloves. The hearing continues. Photo: Sergeant Sheree Bissett who killed man admits to inaccuracy over later police report THE police officer who shot and killed mentally ill Sydney man Adam Salter has admitted to the Police Integrity Commission that part of the information she gave to investigating police after the incident was inaccurate. But the barrister assisting the commission accused the officer of making up her evidence entirely, suggesting that her story could only have been truthful if she had fired a magic bullet. It was the first time Sergeant Sheree Bissett had publicly answered questions about the November 2009 shooting, in which she shot Mr Salter in the back after responding to a call that he was harming himself. Sergeant Bissett has claimed that Mr Salter, 36, was threatening her colleague, Constable Aaron Abela, with a bloodied kitchen knife as the junior officer tried to restrain him. But during the fourth day of the commissions public hearings yesterday, Sergeant Bissett was forced to admit that a recorded re-enactment she gave to investigating police after the shooting misrepresented where Mr Salter and Constable Abela were standing. Counsel assisting the commission, Geoffrey Watson, SC, said an analysis of Constable Abelas uniform had shown that there was virtually no blood on it, disproving the claim that the two men had been grappling. The trajectory of the bullet. determined by the discovery of the projectile core and a damaged venetian blind, he said, made it physically impossible for her version to be accurate. If youre right about the way you described this scene, the bullet has gone in where you pointed to … taken a sharp left turn, then taken quite an extraordinary right hand turn towards the window, Mr Watson said. Youre just not telling the truth are you? After an often heated examination, Sergeant Bissett conceded that she had been inaccurate in her description of the movements of the two men. It was three days after the shooting, Im in a house where I dont want to be, she said of the re-enactment. His picture was staring down from the wall at me … I wasnt being accurate. Sergeant Bissett claimed she had changed her evidence after learning at this weeks hearings that Constable Abelas shirt had no blood on it. But under cross-examination from the barrister representing Adam Salters father, she conceded that she learnt last November there was no blood on the shirt, during a coronial inquiry into his death. Constable Abela was also forced to concede yesterday that, despite his claim to have grappled with the bleeding man, there was virtually no blood anywhere on his uniform or gloves. The hearing continues.
Posted on: Mon, 20 Jan 2014 01:48:08 +0000
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