Bondi Junction attack
‘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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‘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
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
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
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
‘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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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
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
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
‘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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