Lindt Cafe siege: The numbers behind the investigation

The Lindt Café siege inquest is taking around 1,000 public statements, examining 1,000 hours of CCTV and over 1,000 photographs in a bid to find out more about the deaths of Tori Johnson, Katrina Dawson and Man Haron Monis.

Lloyd Babb(left), the NSW Director of Public Prosecution, arrives to the Lindt Cafe siege inquest in Sydney. (AAP Image/David Moir) Source: AAP

The numbers behind the investigation

- Strike Force Verum has taken nearly 1,000 statements from police, experts and witnesses after canvassing 14,500 people who were in the Sydney CBD at the time of the siege.

 

- 1,000 hours of CCTV footage from around the city, 200 hours of media footage and 1,100 photographs have been analysed.

 

- 1,500 calls to the National Security Hotline and 1,700 calls to the Public Information and Inquiry Centre during the siege have been assessed.

 

- Strike Force Verum says strong and promising lines of inquiry are being pursued into who supplied gunman Man Haron Monis with his sawn-off 12-gauge shotgun.

Looking at the cafe

- Crime scene investigation is exhaustive and ongoing. Experts are obtaining window glass and furniture similar to the Lindt Cafe for ballistic testing to record the conditions police marksmen faced.

 

- Forensic Imaging Unit officers have spent 1,000 hours on reconstructive techniques including high speed camera recordings and 3D laser scanning.

 

- About 5,000 hours have been spent analysing ballistic evidence.

The inquest

- A team of UK experts will review the NSW Police response to the siege and provide a report to the inquest.

 

- The police investigation is continuing while the inquest is running.

 

- A third session of the inquest dealing with national security issues will be held in closed court at the end of the year.