Accountability call over attacks as families meet Streeting

THE mother of one of the Nottingham attack victims said "referrals to professional standard bodies needs to be considered now" as the families arrived for a meeting with the Health Secretary.

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Valdo Calocane, who had been diagnosed with paranoid schizophrenia, killed Barnaby Webber and Grace O'Malley-Kumar, both 19, and caretaker Ian Coates, 65, and attempted to kill three more people in June 2023.

He was sentenced to an indefinite hospital order in January last year after admitting manslaughter by diminished responsibility and attempted murder.

A public inquiry, chaired by senior retired judge Deborah Taylor, is expected to begin on February 23, and aims to report back within two years.

But the victims’ families say they want to know the truth about events leading up the attacks and for people to be held to account if they did not do their jobs properly.