‘Major failing’ in psychiatric care before Joel Cauchi stabbed six people at Bondi Junction, coroner finds

Cauchi, who lived with schizophrenia, killed six people in 2024 Westfield shopping centre stabbing before being shot dead by police inspector Amy ScottFollow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastIt was a “major failing” for Joel Cauchi’s former psychiatrist not to recognise he had relapsed in the lead up to the Bondi Junction stabbings in 2024, a coroner has found.The state coroner, Teresa O’Sullivan, handed down her findings in an 837-page report on Thursday after she had delayed its release following the Bondi beach terror attack in December. Continue reading...