Joel Cauchi's psychiatrist chokes back tears as she apologises to the families ripped apart by Bondi Junction attack

The psychiatrist who took Joel Cauchi disconnected his medicine years earlier helium stabbed 16 radical successful a engaged buying centre has tearfully apologised to his victims. 

Joel Cauchi, 40, was experiencing psychotic symptoms successful April 2024 erstwhile helium killed six shoppers astatine Sydney's Westfield Bondi Junction and injured 10 others.

The inquest into the onslaught resumed connected Tuesday with a Queensland psychiatrist issuing a tearful apology to the families of the victims, Cauchi and everyone affected.

'I connection my sincere apologies to you that this calamity has happened,' she said. 

'I americium alert that nary words volition easiness the profound symptom and suffering.'

She told the NSW Coroners Court she had been personally affected by the attacks, which had impacted her beingness and health.

'No psychiatrist successful the satellite would privation connected themselves for this trauma to happen,' she said.

Counsel assisting Peggy Dwyer SC is expected to inquire the doctor, who cannot beryllium legally identified, astir her attraction of Cauchi.

This would screen the determination to halt his anti-psychotics successful 2019 and what could person been done aft Cauchi's parent raised concerns astir a diminution successful his intelligence health.

His parent archetypal flagged his worsening symptoms 3 months aft helium was weaned disconnected the medication, the inquest was told connected Monday.

While helium presented good afterwards, imaginable signs of relapse surfaced, a treating caregiver said.

Cauchi's father, however, was 'adamant' astir his lad not resuming anti-psychotics. 

His begetter said helium 'had been traumatised by demons erstwhile awake and hears voices and is not connected medication', a nurse's enactment work to the coroner said.

Cauchi was diagnosed with schizophrenia arsenic a teen aft experiencing hallucinations but was successfully treated for decades.

He was a 'high-functioning' schizophrenic with a assemblage degree, coming apical successful his class, and could talk German and Mandarin, his parent aboriginal told police.

The determination to travel disconnected 2 drugs by June 2019 followed his complaints astir the medicines' broadside effects.

Two nurses person already fixed grounds astir Cauchi's treatment, and some person said helium did not contiguous with immoderate superior symptoms during appointments.

His parent told them helium was proceeding voices, expressing sleeplessness, and experiencing utmost obsessive-compulsive disorder.

While the nurses did archetypal consultations with Cauchi and sometimes his family, it was the psychiatrist who prescribed his medicine and formed a attraction plan.

In aboriginal 2020, adjacent the commencement of the Covid-19 pandemic, helium moved to Brisbane.

While immoderate effort was made to put distant appointments, these were not covered by Medicare, the inquest heard.

A referral missive was sent to Cauchi's GP, but nary follow-up was organised with intelligence wellness services successful the city.

His rampage astatine the Westfield buying centre successful 2024 was brought to an extremity aft helium was changeable dormant by NSW Police Inspector Amy Scott.

The proceeding continues.

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