The first hearing into the stabbing rampage, where Joel Cauchi killed six people before being shot dead by police, has begun in Sydney.
Bombshell evidence about Westfield Bondi Junction killer Joel Cauchi has been revealed at the first hearing into his stabbing rampage, including that his psychologist wound down his medication before his mental health deteriorated, forcing his fearful parents to confiscate his hunting knives.
Counsel Assisting, Dr Peggy Dwyer, SC, told the court Cauchi’s mental health had deteriorated in the five years before his death. Between 2012 and 2020 he saw a private psychiatrist in Toowoomba and was medicated using two psychotropic drugs. In January 2023, Cauchi called police to his parents’ Toowoomba home, telling officers his father had stolen his knife collection.Cauchi’s parents told officers their son had long-term schizophrenia, was no longer medicated, and they were worried about his deterioration.The following month Cauchi phoned the police again trying to report his father for stealing his knives.
There was just one more interaction with Queensland authorities in December 2023, when Cauchi was searched with a metal-detecting wand near a tourist beach. There was nothing found.By early 2024, the inquest heard, Cauchi had migrated to NSW, was homeless and living under the Maroubra beach pavilion.
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