Lindt inquest: NSW Police's Andrew Scipione and Catherine Burn to face questions on siege phone calls

By Patrick Begley
Updated July 30 2016 - 2:19am, first published 12:15am
Police Commissioner Andrew Scipione and his deputy Catherine Burn are set to give evidence at the Lindt siege inquest.
Police Commissioner Andrew Scipione and his deputy Catherine Burn are set to give evidence at the Lindt siege inquest.
Assistant Commissioner Mark Jenkins was recorded in notes as saying he was "nervous" about police storming the Lindt cafe.  Photo: Daniel Munoz
Assistant Commissioner Mark Jenkins was recorded in notes as saying he was "nervous" about police storming the Lindt cafe. Photo: Daniel Munoz
Katrina Dawson and and Tori Johnson died in the Lindt cafe siege. Photo: Supplied
Katrina Dawson and and Tori Johnson died in the Lindt cafe siege. Photo: Supplied
The parents of Lindt Cafe siege victim Katrina Dawson, Jane and Alexander Dawson. The families of Dawson and Johnson pushed for commissioners Scipione and Burn to testify. Photo: Daniel Munoz
The parents of Lindt Cafe siege victim Katrina Dawson, Jane and Alexander Dawson. The families of Dawson and Johnson pushed for commissioners Scipione and Burn to testify. Photo: Daniel Munoz

Thirteen hours had gone by. Thirteen people were still trapped inside the cafe by a gunman with a sawn-off shotgun and a backpack sprouting wires.

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