Overview

• National outlets reported on Sunday that she will be awarded the George Medal, with a formal announcement expected shortly.
• The decoration is Britain’s second-highest civilian bravery award and is presented by the King, with a relative to attend a Buckingham Palace ceremony for posthumous recipients.
• Court proceedings detailed that she fought the attacker as he stabbed Barnaby Webber, while school caretaker Ian Coates was also killed and three pedestrians were later injured.
• The assailant, Valdo Calocane, was diagnosed with schizophrenia, admitted manslaughter by diminished responsibility, and received an indefinite hospital order with restrictions.
• An NHS review found multiple missed opportunities to intervene before the killings, and a statutory public inquiry into multi-agency failings is under way.