{"id":2000,"date":"2025-05-15T04:37:34","date_gmt":"2025-05-15T04:37:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.fresnoforeclosure.com\/?p=2000"},"modified":"2025-05-15T10:56:11","modified_gmt":"2025-05-15T10:56:11","slug":"gp-told-nothing-about-bondi-killers-mental-state-inquest-hears","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.fresnoforeclosure.com\/index.php\/2025\/05\/15\/gp-told-nothing-about-bondi-killers-mental-state-inquest-hears\/","title":{"rendered":"GP told 'nothing' about Bondi killer's mental state, inquest hears"},"content":{"rendered":"

A general practitioner says he had no information about potential signs of a psychotic relapse for the man who ended up killing half a dozen people at a shopping centre.<\/p>\n

Joel Cauchi, 40, killed six people and injured 10 others at Sydney's Bondi Junction Westfield in April 2024 before being shot dead by police.<\/p>\n

His regular Queensland GP Richard Grundy testified at an inquest into the tragedy today.<\/p>\n

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Grundy said he was not told about any concerns when Cauchi relocated from Toowoomba to Brisbane in early 2020.<\/p>\n

"I had nothing," he told the NSW Coroners Court.<\/p>\n

Grundy said he would have attempted some sort of follow-up if he had been told about concerns raised by Cauchi's mother with his private psychiatrist between October 2019 and February 2020.<\/p>\n

These potential signs of relapse included a large number of notes being left around the house – some referring to satanic control – excessive obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD), an obsession with pornography, irritability and a strange gait.<\/p>\n

In mid-2019, Cauchi had stopped taking two antipsychotics which had successfully treated his schizophrenia symptoms since he was a teenager.<\/p>\n

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"I didn't have any information – all those things that were discussed for some reason or another never came to me," Grundy told the court by videolink from London.<\/p>\n

On discharging Cauchi from her clinic in March 2020, his psychiatrist – who cannot be legally named – sent a letter to Grundy.<\/p>\n

"Please recall Joel to discuss his options and referral to an alternative psychiatrist if required," she wrote.<\/p>\n

In earlier evidence given to the coroner, she insisted she had a lengthy phone conversation with Dr Grundy after sending this letter.<\/p>\n

"I can take Joel back, I am the family GP, I know him very well and I will recall (him)," the GP told her, according to her evidence.<\/p>\n

However today, he denied that this conversation took place, saying there was no record of it in his notes.<\/p>\n

A psychiatrist who gave Cauchi a medical report supporting a gun licence also gave evidence to the court.<\/p>\n

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During a single one-hour session in Brisbane in January 2021, Cauchi denied any hallucinations or psychotic symptoms with the doctor reporting he had a "stable mood".<\/p>\n

He told the court he had sought collateral information from private and public health systems in Toowoomba to confirm what he had been told.<\/p>\n

He was unable to get details from Cauchi's mother, saying he had only consented that they be contacted in an emergency.<\/p>\n

The doctor admitted that inconsistencies he was told about the length of time Cauchi had taken antipsychotics could have been a "red flag".<\/p>\n

A medical report was eventually supplied to Queensland Police which eventually provided Cauchi with a statement of eligibility to get a gun licence.<\/p>\n

However, he did not follow through with obtaining the licence itself.<\/p>\n

Cauchi was transferred from the public to private health sectors in 2012 when he formed a plan with his psychiatrist to decrease his medication.<\/p>\n

By mid-2019, he was completely off the antipsychotics and he became detached from the mental health system early the following year after moving to Brisbane.<\/p>\n

The inquest continues.<\/p>\n

Readers seeking support can contact Lifeline on 13 11 14 or beyond blue on 1300 22 4636.<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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