Amazing fly-through video of Lindt siege

The amazing fly-through has been released by the coroner’s court as Officer A, who shot Monis dead, begins his evidence this morning at the inquest into the deadly siege.

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These are the first scenes of what confronted police when they stormed the Lindt Cafe and killed terrorist Man Monis.

The amazing fly-through has been released by the coroner’s court as Officer A, who shot Monis dead, begins his evidence this morning at the inquest into the deadly siege.

Police crime scene experts created these amazing 3D videos of the scene after the siege ended at 2.13am in the early hours of December 15, 2014. There is also the recreation of officers with the Tactical Operations Unit assaulting the cafe through the main Martin Place entrance.

Scenes showing the body of Monis and the areas where cafe manager Tori Johnson and barrister Katrina Dawson have been redacted.

Markers on the floor of the café and the ground outside show the positions of the discharged cartridges after the first two Tactical Operations Unit officers into the café fired a total of 23 bullets.

As many as 13 or 14 hit Monis as he was reloading his pump-action shotgun and was probably hiding behind a chair, or slumped over it.

A sniper is ready to fire into the cafe in this crime scene reconstruction video.

Snipers perch ready to fire in this 3D crime scene reconstruction video.

What could be seen: The 3D crime scene reconstruction video.

Before the video was shown at the inquest recently, counsel assisting the coroner, Jason Downing, warned the images were very confronting.

“It’s easy to underestimate the effect (the video) has on people,” Mr Downing said.

This video and others using avatars to represent snipers and the TOU officers storming the café were created by crime scene officer Dominic Raneri using laser scanners to reconstruct the scene outside and inside the café with the accuracy within a millimetre.

Heavily armed police outside the Lindt shop in Martin Place. Picture: Gordon McComiskie

Heavily armed police outside the Lindt shop in Martin Place. Picture: Gordon McComiskie

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He said it was a “direct capture” of the scene.

For 17 hours, Monis held his hostages captive in this café. He took 18 hostages but after a series of three escapes, there were six remaining at the end, including Mr Johnson.

Police did not storm the cafe until Monis shot Mr Johnson dead. Ms Dawson died after being struck by fragments of police bullets as she hid beneath a chair.

Officer A, who cannot be identified is a leading senior constable and was the second officer into the cafe behind his colleague who was carrying the ballistic shield. The inquest has heard that he fired 17 shots.

Officer B fired another five shots.

The inquest continues.