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Flowers at the memorial site during the reopening of the Westfield Bondi Junction shopping centre in Bondi last year.

‘The stuff of nightmares’: Families of Westfield Bondi Junction victims share grief and anger

The families of the six people killed in the Bondi Junction attack have made emotional statements at the close of a five-week inquest in Sydney.

  • Perry Duffin

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Dawn Singleton was murdered at 25 in the Bondi Junction attack that also claimed the lives of five other people.

‘Extremely distressing’: Dawn Singleton’s family condemns media coverage of Bondi Junction attack

The 25-year-old’s mother and fiance have told an inquest how the reporting of Dawn’s death compounded their grief.

  • Sally Rawsthorne
CCTV footage of Joel Cauchi at Westfield Bondi Junction.

Bondi Westfield security officer not ‘match fit’, says counter-terrorism expert

The control room was slow to raise the alarm and passed on confusing information to police as killer Joel Cauchi stalked the centre, a coronial inquest has heard.

  • Perry Duffin
An inquiry heard how Joel Cauchi slipped through the cracks in the mental health care system.

At first, it was shocking: condolences for a killer’s family. Then sympathy crept in

The Bondi Junction inquest heard how Joel Cauchi’s mental health unravelled and the difficulties confronting those who tried to help.

  • Perry Duffin
Joel Cauchi had serious mental health issues for more than 20 years, the court heard.

Bondi attacker’s psychiatrist backflips over ‘woman hater’ claim

Joel Cauchi’s psychiatrist was also “speculating” when she said he was not psychotic during the Westfield Bondi Junction rampage.

  • Perry Duffin and Cindy Yin
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‘Hatred toward women’: Killer’s psychiatrist makes bombshell claim at Bondi inquest

The doctor who weaned Joel Cauchi off his antipsychotic medication said he was “not psychotic” during the attack, as she repeatedly clashed with counsel assisting the inquiry.

  • Perry Duffin
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An inquest has heard of Joel Cauchi’s troubled mental health history.

Killer’s mum pleaded for help, but dad haunted by ‘demons’ too, Bondi Junction stabbing inquest told

Clinical notes, Joel Cauchi’s own writings and emails from his mother have painted a picture of the killer’s disintegration after he stopped taking medication.

  • Perry Duffin
The inquest has heard of Joel Cauchi’s troubled mental health history.

From treated to tragic: The deterioration of a killer

Top of his class at university and able to speak three languages, the future looked bright for Joel Cauchi. So how did he go from a “high-functioning” schizophrenic to a mass killer?

  • Miklos Bolza
Bondi Junction Westfield and streets surrounding were in lockdown and closed as police and ambulance respond to multiple stabbing and shooting casualties. As night draws in the police investigation continues, Saturday 13th of April 2024. Photo: Dion Georgopoulos / The Sydney Morning Herald

Security guard pleaded for help as Bondi killer struck. He got no answer

The guard wept as he recounted the Bondi Junction attack, which left one colleague dead and another injured.

  • Perry Duffin
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‘It’s a really nice knife’: Bondi Junction killer’s voice heard for first time

Joel Cauchi called Queensland Police complaining his father had taken his collection of knives. Body-worn cameras captured the interaction outside the family’s Toowoomba home.

  • Perry Duffin

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