“We will hurt forever”: Sister of slain doctor speaks out
Dr Ash Gordon’s sister Natalie, has broken her silence after her brother's tragic passing.
Ash was found allegedly stabbed to death less than a kilometre from his home, following an aggravated burglary in Doncaster, Melbourne on Saturday night.
Two 16-year-old boys have since been arrested and have been charged with murder, aggravated burglary and theft.
Recalling the moment she found out the two boys were arrested, Natalie said she felt slightly relieved.
“We thought we’d be going through this a lot longer,” she said.
“Then I felt anger (and) a whole new wave of sadness.”
She added that her family is grieving and having a hard time processing that their beloved son and brother is gone.
"We will hurt forever," she said. “Ash’s patients, colleagues ... Ash’s friends, will all hurt. He was an amazing person, with the best smile, the biggest heart. Our family will never, ever repair itself.”
She said that the hardest part for her was watching her parents breakdown.
“We all held him on the biggest pedestal, and it’s gone. It’s just gone.”
Ash's funeral will be held next Thursday and the family wants to send him off “with a bang”, just like what he would want, according to his sister.
“I can’t begin to explain how hard it is now to go through photos ... to go through photos and try to pick photos to show everyone how amazing he was.”
Natalie, who has three daughters herself, said that she hopes no other family will ever have to go through the heartache she's experiencing.
“I would never want any other family to have to go through what we’re going through,” she said.
The two teenagers will appear at a children’s court on February 8, and the prosecution has asked for 12 weeks to prepare a brief of evidence.
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