Jordan James Fineanganofo's knife attack revealed on CCTV footage

Tougher’s father, Jeff, said the family was “horrified” by the outcome, had questions about Fineanganofo going off his antipsychotic medication months before the attack, and wanted a criminal investigation into “what led to this.”

Jeff Tougher said outside court: “This man had to kill Steven so he could get the care he allegedly needed.”

He said he was told they were “fighting for change” and would meet with State Mental Health Minister Rose Jackson and NSW Attorney-General Michael Daley, although a date has not been finalised.

The murderer’s knife attacked innocent citizens

On the afternoon of April 13, 2023, Fineanganofo left his home in his blue Honda Jazz and went to the local Bunnings to buy rope. The man allegedly had a knife in his right front trouser pocket.

As Fineanganofo was trying to exit the Campbelltown store by lift, a mother with her five-month-old son in a stroller tried to get in, unaware that the almost six-foot-tall man inside was armed. CCTV footage shows him blocking her from getting in and pushing the front of the stroller to the side.

“Go away,” Fineanganofo said over and over again. “Get out, I’m taking this elevator.”

Her facial expression “changed from blank to angry” and the mother backed away. After closing the elevator, he “laughed and raised his middle finger” at the woman who could see him through the glass doors.

The woman reported the incident to staff but “was frightened and had to be escorted to her car”. Fineanganofo scraped his knife against another car in the parking lot, causing long, deep scratches.

Early the next day, for several miles from Minto to the 7-Eleven Ingleburn, Fineanganofo beeped and flashed its headlights as he passed behind a white car carrying traffic cones and signs.

When they got out of the vehicle at 4.44am, CCTV showed Fineanganofo pushing the male driver and swinging the 28.5-centimetre knife and the 15.5-centimetre blade towards him.

The man threw up his hands and said: “F— off, don’t touch me, I don’t even know you.”

Fineanganofo said, “You are a man, you are a man,” and turned the knife and put it in his pocket.

The driver was followed along the road, then the police were notified.

While returning, Fineanganofo crashed into another car and let out what the driver described as a “sadistic laugh”. He stole a cooler bag containing three two-way radios from the first ute and drove away.

When another car arrived, Fineanganofo shouted “F— you” and “You want to fight?” he shouted. To the male driver who replied, “No dear, everything is fine, have a nice day” before entering.

Fineanganofo flipped his car over and hit the doors of the 7-Eleven, which were locked to prevent him from getting inside. He had “an angry smile on his face.”

Minutes later, Fineanganofo began following a car in Raby and flashing his lights again. Thinking there was a problem, the driver pulled over and got out of the vehicle.

Fineanganofo walked towards the man and “raised the knife above his head and lowered it”. The victim pushed back, but the knife struck him in the chest, piercing his puffer jacket and causing him to fall.

Fineanganofo waved the knife a second time with a “calm” look. The man “thought he was going to get stabbed”.

Fineanganofo arrived at the Campbelltown McDonald’s at 5.26am, where Tougher’s ambulance was standing next to him.

Fineanganofo stabbed Tougher 55 times. The court had previously heard others tried to intervene but Fineanganofo said: “I’m going to jail anyway, I’d better kill him” or “I should kill him.”

The facts show that Fineanganofo told Tougher: “Tell me you’re sorry, tell me you’re sorry” and Tougher replied, “I’m sorry for everything you think I did, man.” A 29-year-old young man, newly married and an expectant father, died on the way to the hospital.

Police swarmed the parking lot and insisted Fineanganofo drop the knife before being tasered.

“This man begged my son for his life and yet he took it,” Jeff Tougher said Friday.

As Fineanganofo was taken to the cells, a woman shouted: “You chose not to take your medicine, you are the devil.” “Rot in hell, dog,” said another.

Outside court, a male relative of Fineanganofo said: “We’re sorry.”

The case was adjourned until November 14, with SC Crown Prosecutor Ken McKay saying 11 victim impact statements would be read.

Orders will also be made regarding Fineanganofo’s continued detention, which is expected to come before the Mental Health Review Tribunal.

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