A psychiatrist claimed that Joel Cauchi was not mentally ill when he stabbed 16 people in a Sydney mall and killed six people, and he woke up her comments calling them "conjectures".
On Wednesday, Cunn investigated the April 13, 2024 attack and heard Queensland doctors treating Cucci from 2012 to 2020, reconsidering her evidence the day before, when she said Cage’s attack was not the result of mental illness, but could be due to his sexual frustration and “female hatred.”
Cauchi, 40, killed Ashlee Good, 38, Jade Young, 47, Jade Young, 27, Pikria Darchia, 55, Dawn Singleton, 25, and Faraz Tahir, 30, and was injured in Westfield Bondi Junction on April 13 last year, after he was shot and killed by police inspectors.
“It’s shocking evidence for me and my clients,” Sue Chrysanthou SC, a barrister for Singleton and the young family, told the court Wednesday, saying the previous day’s claim was “a violation of all expert evidence.”
The court had previously heard that the evidence of psychiatric illness in experts was "clear and consistent", and Cage was "loose mental illness" when he stabbed 16 victims.
"That's my guess, I shouldn't be four years after I finish the treatment," the psychiatrist said.
Chrysanthou asked: "Did you withdraw?" The doctor replied: "Yes."
In a fiery exchange with Chrysanthou, the doctor also said that Cauchi's obsession with sex, including his compulsive use of porn, sexual frustration and visits to sex workers, for the first time in November 2019, had stopped antipsychotic drugs, Abilify. But, she said, it has nothing to do with stopping the medication.
Chrysanthou asked Dr. A if she thought it was a "coincidence" and it was Cauchi's first obsession with porn, concern for sex and paranoia gained a sense of sexual transmission after being separated from his antipsychotic medication.
"I want to advise you to understand (those sexual obsessions are) direct consequences because he was cancelled earlier that year," the lawyer said.
The doctor replied: “I didn’t see any connection between the two, and I think it’s a new phenomenon.”
On Tuesday, the court heard that Cage’s mother repeatedly raised concerns about her son’s behavior, such as his Satanic control, his extreme obsessive-compulsive disorder, obsessive-compulsive use of pornography, and his gait changes—a warning sign that was initially considered, but subsequently attributed to stress and fear, which was caused by the stress of risky sexual encounters.
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At some point Wednesday, Chrysanthou suggested that early warning signs of relapse were signs or evidence of mental illness.
"That's not true, I have to educate you," Dr. A told her.
Chrysanthou replied: "I don't want to be educated, I just want you to answer this question."
After talking about the intense communication using blood tests to determine whether clozapine has a therapeutic effect, Dr. A told the bar, “I don’t think you have a medical degree.”
Dr. A repeatedly told the court that she had never seen any evidence of mental illness in Kuch, and that he had never raised concerns about safety or any interest in weapons.