Heartbroken mother tells inquest she’s ‘lost her way’ after ‘stuff of nightmares’ murders at Bondi Junction

Ivan and Elizabeth Young, the parents of Jade Young, arrive at Lidcombe coroner’s court for the Bondi Junction stabbings inquest. Photograph: Bianca de Marchi/AAP

The mother of Jade Young, a victim of the Bondi Junction stabbings, has described her daughter’s murder as the “stuff of nightmares” and the result of “years of neglect” within the mental health system.

Elizabeth Young told the New South Wales coroner’s court on Thursday that her words were “both a distillation and a manifestation of anguish”.