A murder trial jury came face to face with a pistol said to be the type used to kill Bradford man Destor Coleman.

Jurors were shown a self-loading Colt 1911 Series pistol by firearms specialist Dr Philip Alexander as he gave evidence at Leeds Crown Court yesterday.

The forensic scientist demonstrated how the gun worked and showed the jury a damaged .45 calibre bullet and several spent cartridge cases recovered from the Lumb Lane area of Bradford last July.

Mr Coleman, 27, of West Bowling - also known as Dexter and 'X' - died on July 14 last year after being shot during a disturbance outside the Young Lions Cafe. The prosecution says Safdar Khan, 23, of Tile Street, Girlington, fired the shot. He denies murder and violent disorder.

Dr Alexander told the court he had examined the gunshot entry and exit wounds on Mr Coleman's body and found they were consistent with the passage of a .45 calibre bullet.

And he said the track of the bullet through the body was consistent with him having been shot 'while bent forward, possibly while ducking and running.'

Dr Alexander told the jury that markings on all the recovered cartridge cases revealed they had been fired by the same weapon.

But during cross-examination he said in the absence of any firearm being recovered, it was impossible to say whether the bullet found on Lumb Lane had come from the same weapon, adding he could not rule out the possibility of more than one gun having been in use.

The forensic scientist said all but one of the recovered cartridge cases had been damaged, probably by being trodden on or driven over, and added that because they may have been moved it was not possible to say where the shots had been fired from.

Dr Alexander said he had found no evidence of a shotgun having been fired in the area.

Asked by the judge, the Honourable Mr Justice Grigson, what the likely fate of the bullet that hit Mr Coleman would have been, he replied: ''Having left his body, probably still travelling at several hundred feet per second, it would have travelled a considerable distance - provided it didn't strike another hard object - making it extremely difficult to find.''

Mohammed Shaffi, 26, of Whetley Grove, Girlington; Yousuf Khan, 26, of Tile Street, Girlington; Adelso Saws, 20, of Grange View, Chapeltown, Leeds; and Mohammed Raja, 22, of Parkside Road, West Bowling; have all denied violent disorder.

Shaffi has also pleaded not guilty to a charge of attempting to murder O'Neil Giscombe and Raja also denies robbery.

The trial continues.