Originally Posted By: JayCee
Hello All,

His wound came from a .22lr bullet consistent with the firearm that the deceased farm owner had, a Browning pistol. It has been established by the prosecution that the farm owner managed to shoot at the terrorists with this gun before being burnt.

The defense of the terrorist in custody is questioning that the bullet that wounded the perpetrator came from the Browning pistol based on the lack of nickel in the perpetrators thorax wound.



I don't see what the "lack of nickle", copper, brass or any other metal coating in a bullet wound would prove.

I would expect a farmer to have a mixture of .22 ammo possibly even loaded in his pistola.

Here we have what's called circumstantial evidence....