PICTURES of the aftermath of the fatal shooting of a Bolton man by police have been released by the public inquiry in to his death.

Anthony Grainger, 36, from Bolton, was shot by a Greater Manchester Police firearms officer through the windscreen of a stolen Audi in a car park in Culcheth, Cheshire, on March 3 2012.

Closing submissions in the inquiry are being given at Liverpool Crown Court today and tomorrow.

Pictures have been released to coincide with the closing of the inquiry.

These include a picture of the windscreen of the car Mr Grainger was sat in, with the bullet hole visible.

The other pictures show a shot of the car rammed in by an unmarked police vehicle and an aerial shot showing the scene after the shooting.