Tears and hope as families mourn Bondi stabbing victims on inquest's final day

Tears were shed and tissues were piled precocious arsenic families of those killed successful a shocking wide stabbing recounted their pain, bringing an emotionally charged inquest to a close.

Dawn Singleton, 25, Ashlee Good, 38, Jade Young, 47, Pikria Darchia, 55, Yixuan Cheng, 27 and information defender Faraz Tahir, 30, each died successful nan onslaught carried retired by Joel Cauchi astatine Bondi Junction Westfield successful Sydney's eastbound successful April 2024.

Ten others were injured by nan schizophrenic man who was experiencing psychotic symptoms.

"I americium angry and aggrieved and anguished for what I person mislaid and for what it cost," Elizabeth Young said of her girl Jade's tragic fate.

Hours earlier nan tragedy, she said she received a bosom emoji successful a matter from her designer girl responding to a photograph of mushrooms she had taken during her Saturday walk.

"I wounded truthful terribly that our ... somewhat goofy, funny, gentle woman nary longer has nan chance to be, to beryllium successful nan now and future," she told nan court.

"As it is, she exists successful nan past only."

Young decried nan "trauma porn" she said she knowledgeable from nan media aft nan April 2024 attack, including seeing footage of her daughter's lifeless assemblage - being worked connected by paramedics - broadcast globally.

She besides criticised a photographer for taking a threat of her and her family while mourning astatine a vigil successful Bondi Beach.

"To deliberation images of a grieving family aliases a female lying dormant is newsworthy sickens me," she said.

The family of Tahir besides attended nan inquest wherever a associated connection was publication retired by his elder relative Muzafar.

Tahir was a brave, compassionate man who ran towards threat to thief others connected that day, paying nan eventual price, he said arsenic images of his relative flashed crossed nan screen.

"By sacrificing his life, Faraz died pinch honour," Muzafar said.

"To galore of america he will ever beryllium remembered arsenic a awesome of bravery. Our hero."

He besides recognised nan symptom that Cauchi's parents must beryllium feeling, saying nan calamity was not their fault.

A connection from economics student Yixuan's Chinese parents Jun Xing and Pengfei Cheng was publication by their barrister Daniel Roff.

"It breaks our bosom moreover much to cognize that location was thing we could do," her parents wrote.

No matter really overmuch empathy aliases compassion 1 had, it was intolerable to cognize what it felt for illustration to beryllium parents who had mislaid their only child, they wrote.

"The piercing, bone-deep, soul-crushing agony that is beyond explanation and follows america for illustration a shadow."

Statements by Darchia's son's George Darchia and Irakli Dvali - who were watching by audiovisual nexus from Georgia - remembered their caring, benignant and observant creator mother.

"A life was lost, a beautiful life, and for what?" Mr Darchia said successful his statement.

His words were afloat of sorrow but besides hope, nan tribunal heard.

"May God thief us, each of us, to forestall tragedies for illustration this successful nan future."

Statements by Good's family were publication retired by barrister Sue Chrysanthou SC - who was successful tears astatine points - but their contents cannot beryllium legally published.

Singleton's partner Ashley Wildey and mother Julie attended nan NSW Coroners Court connected Friday but did not opportunity thing publicly.

Victims' families were besides offered a way to participate nan tribunal building down a partition, distant from nan media's view.

The efforts to protect those worst affected by nan events of April 2024 served arsenic an undercurrent passim nan five-week inquest, taking a trauma-informed attack to assistance unfortunate survivors and those who mislaid loved ones.

As nan inquest concluded, coroner Teresa O'Sullivan thanked nan families for their "profoundly moving" words.

"Today has been a time that has affected everyone," she said.

"I'll ne'er hide what I heard today."

The inquest will resume connected October 9 for closing submissions.

O'Sullivan will past discontinue to see her findings astir what happened and immoderate recommendations she will make to debar early tragedies.

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