A woman who was slammed into a concrete wall during the Bourke Street Massacre has told a court about her horrific ordeal in which she felt her bones being crushed.
Melinda Cleland was about to meet her friend for lunch in Melbourne's CBD when drug-driver James Gargasoulas ploughed into pedestrians, killing six and injuring seven in 2017.
Gargasoulas has been in court this week for a plea ahead of his sentencing where victims had a chance to say how the massacre has affected their lives.
Melinda Cleland was out ready to meet her friend for lunch on January 20, 2017 in Melbourne's CBD, when she was driven into and smashed into concrete wall
James Gargasoulas is accused of driving his car along the footpath through a busy pedestrian intersection while in a drug-induced psychosis, which killed six and injured several others
Gargasoulas is in court this week for his three-day plea where victim impact statements are read or tendered in court (pictured is the car driven by Gargasoulas)
Ms Cleland attended the Supreme Court of Victoria on Wednesday and recounted the terrifying moment she thought she would not survive, reported Perth Now.
'I often wish I had no memory of the event,' she told the court.
Jess Mudie, 22 (pictured), was one of the women hit during the rampage
'(I remember) the sound of my bones crunching inside me as I bounced off a concrete wall.
'I have physical injuries that remind me daily that life has changed.'
The court also heard from the family of Jess Mudie, one of the women intentionally hit during the rampage.
Her family made it clear they are still coming to terms with the loss.
'I sometimes forget (she died),' twin sister Emily said through tears.
'I go to message her about what she's having for dinner or how her day was.'
Her mother Robyn was so distraught her statement was read on her behalf. In it, she told Gargasoulas: 'You will never be forgiven'.
Yosuke Kanno, 25, was the first victim of the terrifying attack as the Japanese student was killed instantly outside the Royal Arcade.
His devastated father Masayuki said he and his wife lamented allowing their son to study in Melbourne.
He said the pair found it impossible to hold back their anger towards Gargasoulas.
An unmoved Gargasoulas reportedly sat motionless in the dock as the statement was read out in front of him.
Yosuke Kanno, 25 (pictured), was the first victim of the terrifying attack as the Japanese student was killed instantly outside the Royal Arcade
Mathew Bryant and Nawwar Hassan-Bryant (pictured right and left) recalled the final moments with their three-month-old son who was killed in the Bourke Street rampage
The court also heard from Mathew Bryant and Nawwar Hassan-Bryant who lost their three-month-old son and injured his sister Zahra.
Zachary Matthew Bryant was left brain dead after the pram he and his sister Zahra were lying in was struck by Gargasoulas' stolen car on January 20, 2017.
His father, Mathew Bryant, described his desperation to hang on to something to remind him of his son - how he felt, his smell or his expression. Anything.
'I listened to his heartbeat and held him for the last time,' Mr Bryant said.
The next time the brokenhearted father held his son was to prepare him for burial.
A jury last November found Gargasoulas murdered Zachary, along with Tahlia Hakin, 10, Jessica Mudie, 23, Yosuke Kanno, 25, Bhavita Patel, 33, and Matthew Si, 33.
Gargasoulas was found guilty of six counts of murder and 27 counts of reckless conduct endangering life in November
His barrister Theo Alexander has previously argued that his client should be assessed based on his mental illness with the opportunity for parole.
Zachary Matthew Bryant (pictured with his mother Nawwar) was left brain dead after the pram he and his sister Zahra were in was struck by James Gargasoulas' stolen car in 2017
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