Asked if this could explain the unusually large wound in Laniet's head, Dr Thomson said it was a "remarkably symmetrical wound for a bullet fragment".
SHOOT: She was probably the first victim, and after her the killer realised he had to be more precise to the brains of his other victims.
The prosecution says Bain would have to be the killer to hear Laniet gurgle, but the defence are arguing it was possible she survived beyond the three shots.
The court has heard argument over the sequence of shots suffered by Laniet Bain, 18, and a statement from David Bain that he heard his sister gurgling when he got home from his paper run on the day of the killings.
Pathologist Ken Thomson has already stated that Laniet likely sat up in her bed after being shot in the cheek, and was then shot above the left ear and on the top of the head with the rifle pressed against her scalp.
Dr Ferris said the bullet wound to Laniet's left cheek would not have caused brain damage or been immediately fatal. Blood from Laniet's right hand indicated it had come into contact with the cheek wound or she tried to grasp something, but Dr Ferris said he could not say if this was voluntary movement.
Smearing of blood on her pillow also suggested movement of her upper body.
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