The position of the shooter came under greater scrutiny in the trial over the death of Aminulrasyid Amzah, following testimony that the fatal shot and bullets riddled the bottom portion of the Proton Iswara car.

NONE Chemist Shaari Desa, 43 ( centre in pic ), said the Heckler and Koch HK MP 5 sub-machine gun could have been placed at chest height when the fatal shot was fired.

“The shooter could have been standing or half-standing ( separa-berdiri ) behind the car, resulting in the fatal shot passing through the rear windscreen and the headrest of the driver’s seat.

“The rear windscreen did not crack as the velocity of the bullet resulted in a hole. It did not cause the rear windscreen to totally crack,” he said.

NONE Replying to questions from DPP Mohd Dusuki Mokhtar ( right ), Shaari, 43, said the fatal shot was fired from a distance of more than three metres.

“I have tested the windscreen and the back of the car for gunpowder residue and did not find any.

“This showed that it was fired at a distance of more than three metres.”

The witness, the 24th summoned by the prosecution, said one thing that is certain is that the shots were fired from behind the Proton Iswara car, they were not fired from the front or left or right side.

Yesterday, the witness told the court he found 32 bullet holes which had riddled the ill-fated car.

When asked by DPP Dusuki, Shaari said a minimum of 24 shots (bullets) hit the Proton Iswara.

“I cannot say for sure, but it could also be more,” he said.

Court inspects car

Earlier, Shah Alam Sessions Court judge Latifah Mohd Tahar, deputy public prosecutors and lawyers spent almost an hour to inspect the car driven by Aminulrasyid, which was riddled with bullets, this morning.

NONE Shaari, who is also the is the firearms and detection unit head of the Chemistry Department, showed the 32 bullet holes found in the car to the court officials.

He also used a special yellow rod to denote the path of the fatal bullet which struck the rear windscreen and passed through the headrest of the driver’s seat to kill the 15-year-old schoolboy.

The bullets from the Heckler and Koch HK MP5 sub-machine gun struck the back of the car, hitting both rear tyres as well as the boot. Two also hit the exhaust and another two struck the fuel tank.

The bullets which hit the lower portion of the car including the rear licence plate, rear bumper and signal lights also raises question on where the shooter was positioned.

Court officials had also last month inspected the crime scene.

Corporal Jenain Subi, 48, is charged under Section 304(a) of the Penal Code with culpable homicide not amounting to the murder of Aminulrasyid, at Jalan Tarian 11/2, Section 11, Shah Alam, between 1.10am and 2am on April 26, 2010.

This afternoon, Shaari will be cross-examined by Jenain’s lawyers M Athimulan and Salim Bashir.

Chemist: I did not reconstruct fatal shooting

VIDEO | 4.02 mins

PHOTO GALLERY