Heartbroken parents of slain Melbourne doctor break silence
Dr Ash Gordon's heartbroken parents have spoken out about the moment they found out their son had died.
The Melbourne GP was allegedly killed after confronting two teenage boys who had allegedly broken into his home in Doncaster in the early hours on Saturday, January 13.
Dr Gordon’s grieving mother Catherine, recalled the moment she was woken by the phone call no parent wants to receive.
“He said that Ashley had gone. And I said gone where? He’s gone. He’s no longer with us,” Mrs Gordon told A Current Affair about the moment her son's housemate delivered the devastating news.
“I said, ‘Don’t lie, you’re joking.‘ And I hung up on him."
Holding back tears, Mrs Gordon also shared the denial she went through as she received the call from a detective.
"Then the detective rang and I told him that I didn’t believe him, and he said 'how can I get you to believe?', I said 'until there is a police person in uniform in front of me, it's not happening'"
"Well you don't want to believe do you?" A Current Affair host Ally Langdon replied, and both parents shook their heads.
“We saw the police car coming up, and I just prayed to God they’d just keep going. I didn’t want them to turn into the driveway, but unfortunately, it happened.”
Ally Langdon who was brought to tears during the interview added: “It’s a cruel contrast isn’t it? That Ash has dedicated his life to saving lives, yet his was taken in this horrible way."
The 33-year-old doctor was found by police less than a kilometre from his home, but unfortunately he died at the scene.
In the days following the incident, two 16-year-old boys with Dr Gordon’s murder as well as aggravated burglary and theft.
Dr Gordon's family have since held a memorial service for him to honour the slain doctor.
Image: A Current Affair