Emotional scenes as Ash Good’s grieving family break down at Westfield Bondi Junction stabbing memorial
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The family of murdered mother-of-one Ashlee Good broke down as they laid flowers at the Westfield Bondi Junction memorial today.
Osteopath Ms Good, 38, was shopping with her nine-month-old baby, Harriet, on Saturday afternoon when Joel Cauchi, 40, stabbed them with a 30cm hunting knife.
One of Ms Good’s last acts was to thrust Harriet into the arms of strangers, begging them to ‘please help, help’.
Two brothers, using clothes from the Tommy Hilfiger store, stopped the baby’s bleeding before she was taken to hospital for emergency surgery.
Harriet is now in a serious but stable condition. She was monitored in the intensive care unit, but on Tuesday evening she was discharged to a normal ward in the hospital.
On Tuesday afternoon, Ms Good’s devastated parents and family members visited the sea of flowers, messages and teddy bears left at the makeshift memorial outside Westfield Bondi Junction.
Osteopath Ash Good (pictured), 38, was shopping with his nine-month-old baby, Harriet, on Saturday afternoon when Joel Cauchi, 40, stabbed them with a 30cm hunting knife
Her mother, wearing dark glasses and holding a stuffed toy, was comforted by high-profile defamation lawyer Rebekah Giles, who was a close friend of Ashlee and had been with her moments before the stabbing.
She had left the scene but ran back after news of the stabbing spread, only to discover her close friend was among the victims.
Ms Giles most recently represented former Spotlight producer Taylor Auerbach, the man responsible for sensationally opening Bruce Lehrmann’s defamation case.
The outpouring of public grief for Ms Good has prompted generous Australians to donate over $460,000 to a fundraiser for her partner, Dan, and the motherless child.
Her mother, wearing dark glasses and holding a stuffed toy, was comforted by high-profile defamation lawyer Rebekah Giles, who was a close friend of Ashlee and had been with her moments before the stabbing (pictured)
“Ashe was a ray of sunshine and positivity in every aspect of her life and died a hero saving her little girl from the most unspeakable evil,” GoFundMe organizer Steven Foxwell wrote.
Ms Good’s father was former North Melbourne AFL player and board member Kerry Good.
She was remembered by her family as a ‘beautiful mother, daughter, sister, partner, friend’ and an ‘all round outstanding human being’.
Mrs Good was one of six victims of crazed knifeman Cauchi, who was later shot dead by a female police officer.
Advertising heiress Dawn Singleton, 25, architect Jade Young, 47, artist Pikria Darchia, 55, security guard Faraz Tahir, 30, and Chinese student Yixuan Cheng, 27, died at the scene.