By Tara Shaskey The remains of a man who was shot dead at his rural property were first spotted in the burned-out ruins of his home by locals. Damien Sandilands, the initial suspect in the murder investigation, and Jeffrey Rowe arrived at the fire and told Urenui chief fire officer Donald Moratti that Sidney Ross Bridson would have been inside. The house, along Waitaanga Rd, east of Taranaki, was "completely flat on the ground", and parts were smouldering while others still had flames breaking through the rubble. Specifically, the men said Bridson, 55, would have been in his lounge and, standing at the burn line with Moratti, they pointed to where that room would be located. They then asked Moratti what he thought "that was". "It was a lump," Moratti said yesterday, while giving evidence in the trial of Stefan Hannon-McGinn and Ethan Howe. Moratti said at that stage he could not identify it as anything in particular and only noticed it because it was pointed out.…