To some, Joel Cauchi is a “monster”.
However his devastated father has described the person behind a lethal Sydney buying centre rampage as a “very sick boy” who let himself down.
Andrew Cauchi stated he’d finished the whole lot in his energy to assist his “stunning” son who lived with psychological well being points for many years.
“I am loving a monster. To you he is a monster however to me he was a really sick boy,” he instructed reporters on Monday.
Cauchi’s estranged household expressed their devastation and sorrow for the six individuals killed within the .
His dad and mom have been nonetheless attempting to grasp what occurred once they spoke on to media exterior their Toowoomba residence west of Brisbane.
“I am extraordinarily sorry, I am heartbroken for you,” Cauchi stated to victims’ households.
“That is so horrendous I can not even clarify it. I am simply devastated, I really like my son.”
Cauchi stated they’d finished what they may to deal with their son earlier than he went off his treatment and “took off” to Brisbane.
Cauchi made periodic contact along with his household, transferring to Sydney from Queensland in March.
His household contacted authorities after seeing his picture in TV studies in regards to the weekend assault.
“I made myself a servant to my son once I discovered he had a psychological sickness, I grew to become his servant as a result of I liked that boy,” Cauchi stated.
“You do not know how stunning this boy was … I did the whole lot in my energy to assist my son.
“He let himself down. He was taken off treatment as a result of he was doing so effectively however then he took off to Brisbane.”
Cauchi, 40, focused ladies within the assault.
The rampage ended when he was shot lifeless by police inspector Amy Scott who confronted him on the buying centre.
Cauchi’s mom Michele didn’t know what motivated her son’s assault, saying he was “introduced up in love”.
He requested for his treatment to be lowered over quite a few years earlier than leaving the household residence, she stated.
“It is a mum or dad’s absolute nightmare once they have a toddler with psychological sickness, that one thing like this could occur,” Cauchi stated.
“And my coronary heart goes out to the individuals my son has damage. If he was in his proper thoughts he can be completely devastated with what he has finished.
“He was clearly not in his proper thoughts. He was by some means triggered into psychosis and misplaced contact with actuality.”
Cauchi stated her son had a number of mates rising up “till he obtained sick”.
She urged individuals who had relations with psychological well being points to hunt assist.
Flowers arrived on the Cauchi residence on Monday, with the dad and mom anticipated to be visited by NSW detectives.
“We’re simply odd individuals who introduced up our son as greatest we might,” Cauchi stated.
“I am so sorry about what my son has finished. We do not know why he did what he did – it was very out of character.”
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