Independent Review Ordered for Nottingham Killer's Manslaughter Plea

Attorney General Victoria Prentis calls for investigation into Crown Prosecution Service's decision amid criticism from victims' families.

Attorney General Victoria Prentis has ordered an independent review of the Crown Prosecution Service's decision to accept Valdo Calocane's guilty pleas to manslaughter on the basis of diminished responsibility.
Families of the victims have criticized the decision and the sentence, describing the hospital order as a 'huge insult'.
Calocane, diagnosed with paranoid schizophrenia, killed three people in Nottingham in June 2023.
Independent investigations have been set up into Nottingham institutions' role in alleged missed opportunities to stop Calocane.
The findings of the review are expected by Easter.