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Latest: Families of Nottingham attack victims react to damning NHS report on killer Valdo Calocane's mental health treatment

The families of the victims of the Nottingham attack have held a news conference after a damning report revealed serious failings by the NHS in the mental health care provided to killer Valdo Calocane. Watch a key moment below.

Wednesday 5 February 2025 11:29, UK

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Families of Nottingham attack victims: 'He got away with murder, didn't he?'
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Key points
  • Families of the victims of the Nottingham stabbings have held a news conference after the publication of a damning report into the killer's mental health care
  • Valdo Calocane, a paranoid schizophrenic, was given an indefinite hospital order for the murders of Barnaby Webber, Grace O'Malley Kumar and Ian Coates
  • The families told the briefing the report showed evidence of "catastrophic failure" and that Calocane "got away with murder" - watch that moment above
  • The report found serious failings by the NHS, revealing Calocane was not forced to have long-lasting antipsychotic medication because he didn't like needles and that his treatment was "not always sufficient"
  • The NHS has apologised "unreservedly" to the families over the report, saying "it's clear the system got it wrong"
  • Read our full story on what the families said below
'He got away with murder': Families of Nottingham attack victims react to review into killer

The news conference has ended - read our full story on what the families said here:

Triple murderer refused medication because he didn't like needles, report reveals

The families of three people killed in Nottingham are holding a news conference after a report showed their killer may have been "spared prison on the basis of incomplete evidence". 

Nineteen-year-old students Barnaby Webber and Grace O'Malley Kumar and 65-year-old caretaker Ian Coates were killed by Valdo Calocone in 2023.

Calocone, who had been diagnosed with paranoid schizophrenia, was handed an indefinite hospital order for their deaths, and for trying to kill three other people. 

An independent review into his mental health care found that he was not forced to have long-lasting antipsychotic medication by Nottinghamshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust because he didn't like needles. 

It also found Calocane punched a police officer in the face, held his flatmates "hostage" and had been admitted to hospital four times between 2020 and 2022. 

He had multiple contact sessions with community teams before he was discharged to his GP because of a lack of interaction with mental health services.

Investigators found that "the offer of care and treatment available for VC (Valdo Calocane) was not always sufficient to meet his needs" and this was "not unique" to his case.

Health officials have admitted it is "clear the system got it wrong".

The families of his three murder victims said the independent review showed he was "responsible for his actions and was allowed to make these decisions by his treating teams". 

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