Calls for Public Inquiry into Nottingham Knife Attacks Grow

Families of victims and Labour leader demand investigation into perceived lenient sentence and potential failings leading to the attacks.

Overview

Valdo Calocane, who has paranoid schizophrenia, was sentenced to a high-security hospital after he killed Barnaby Webber, Grace O'Malley-Kumar, and Ian Coates in a series of knife attacks in Nottingham last June.
Calocane had been detained in hospital four times and a warrant for his arrest was issued months before his deadly rampage.
The families of the victims have expressed anger over the perceived leniency of the sentence and have called for a public inquiry into the case.
Labour leader Sir Keir Starmer has added his voice to calls for an inquiry.
The attorney general has received a complaint arguing the sentence was too lenient and has 28 days from sentencing to review the request and decide whether to refer the case to the court of appeal.