An inquest into the demise of Brisbane bus driver Manmeet Alisher has heard his killer knew he had issues and urged officers to lock him up as a result of he wished to harm individuals.
The coroner at present heard Anthony O'Donohue had suffered with delusions for years earlier than lighting and throwing a molotov cocktail at Mr Alisher, often known as Manmeet Sharma, on a bus in October 2016, killing him and forcing 14 others to flee the burning automobile.
The coroner heard Mr O'Donohue had visited a police station 5 years earlier than the assault, holding a hammer, field cutters and a tyre lever.
A psychiatrist informed the listening to Mr O'Donohue had informed police "he wanted to be locked up as a result of he'll damage somebody".
Dr Mark Barnes from the Group Forensic Outreach Service informed the inquest Mr O'Donohue's psychological well being had not been persistently handled.
"His signs had been round for some years, this core delusion, persecution, it had by no means been persistently handled," he mentioned.
The inquest heard Dr Barnes, Mr O'Donohue's preliminary assessor, had really useful he stay on an involuntary remedy order.
Nevertheless it was heard this data was not handed on to Metro South Well being, which discontinued Mr O'Donohue's remedy two months earlier than the assault on Mr Alisher.
"On the time our stories weren't put onto the digital database," Dr Barnes mentioned.
"For numerous causes, that's the case now, there are extra safeguards."
Mr Alisher's good friend Pinky Singh mentioned it was a tough time for family and friends.
"Undoubtedly somebody has failed us," he mentioned.
The inquest can be inspecting what extra might be executed to guard drivers on Brisbane buses as assaults proceed to rise regardless of a 40 per cent drop in bus use because the begin of the pandemic.
Final yr there have been 711 assaults on bus drivers in Queensland, with the coroner inspecting whether or not full safety screens are obligatory to stop future assaults.
Former supervisor of Bus Operations at Brisbane Metropolis Council Matt Anderson mentioned the proposed perspex screens wouldn't be viable and would come at a "important value".
"Most of the obstacles that have been proposed for implementation have been perspex screens … perspex screens generate important glare," he mentioned.
Tom Brown from the Rail Prepare and Bus Union mentioned criticisms of the screens primarily involved prices.
"They are saying it is this and so they say it is that, but it surely comes all the way down to cash I feel," Mr Brown mentioned.
New city buses bought after July 1 will likely be fitted with perspex screens.