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University of Nottingham Awards Posthumous Degrees to 2023 Attack Victims

Friends accepted the honors on behalf of parents who could not bear to attend after the June 2023 killings.

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Overview

  • Barnaby Webber was awarded a posthumous BA (Hons) in History and Grace O’Malley-Kumar received a BMedSci (Hons) in Medicine during the Class of 2025 ceremonies.
  • Grace’s full medical degree is slated to be conferred in 2027, the year she would have completed her training.
  • Neither set of parents attended due to overwhelming grief, with Barnaby’s brother Charlie and Grace’s friend Nicola Fletcher stepping in to accept the awards.
  • Barnaby and Grace were among three people killed on June 13, 2023, by Valdo Calocane, who is now held under an indefinite hospital order after admitting manslaughter by diminished responsibility.
  • A judge-led public inquiry into mental health, policing and prosecutorial failings is due to begin hearing evidence in February 2026.