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Joel Cauchi’s mother told police he would not get treatment unless he did ‘something drastic,’ inquest hears


Inquest into deaths of six victims in April 2024 told Joel Cauchi’s father and mother worried about weapons ‘especially if he’s going to lose contact with reality’

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More than a year before Joel Cauchi stabbed six people to death in Bondi, a Queensland police officer requested the local mental health officer follow up with the Cauchi family, an inquest has heard.

It followed Cauchi’s mother reportedly telling police during a separate incident: “I don’t know how we’re going to get him treatment unless he does something drastic”.

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Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2025/may/05/joel-cauchi-knives-bondi-junction-stabbing-attack-inquest-ntwnfb

Author : Jordyn Beazley

Publish date : 2025-05-05 07:52:00

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