Psychiatrist deemed Joel Cauchi ‘fit and proper’ to hold gun licence ahead of Bondi Junction stabbings

Dr C wrote to the police in 2021 that Cauchi did not pose an imminent risk to himself or others at this stage', Sydney inquest hears

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A Brisbane psychiatrist deemed Joel Cauchi fit and proper" to hold a gun licence in 2021 after finding the schizophrenic man to be virtually no risk" to others, a court has been told.

Cauchi, 40, fatally stabbed Ashlee Good, 38, Jade Young, 47, Yixuan Cheng, 27, Pikria Darchia, 55, Dawn Singleton, 25, and Faraz Tahir, 30, and injured 10 others at Westfield Bondi Junction on 13 April last year, before he was shot and killed by police inspector Amy Scott.

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