Bondi stabbing: How killer Joel Cauchi slipped through the cracks

Joel Cauchi , 40 , killed six people at Westfield Bondi Junction on 13 April last year .

The Queensland man had a long history of mental illness.

He was diagnosed with schizophrenia at the age of 17 and started taking medication in 2001 .

In 2015 he complained about the medication side effects, so Dr Boros-Lavack started to gradually reduce his dosage of clozapine used for treatment-resistant schizophrenia after seeking a second opinion from another psychiatrist.

In 2019 , for the first time in 15 years , he was no longer on the antipsychotic medications in about 15 years .

Dr Boros-Lavack wrote a prescription but told the inquest it was up to Cauchi to decide if he would start taking the medication again.

In 2020 , Cauch had no regular psychiatrist, was not on any medications to treat his schizophrenia and had no family living nearby.

The inquest heard he began seeking a gun licence, contacting three Brisbane doctors for a medical certificate to support his application.

He was pulled over three times for driving erratically and was reported to police after calling a girl's school to ask if he could come and watch the students swim and play sports.

By 2024 his mental health had deteriorated, he was homeless, homeless, and isolated from his family.