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Evening Standard
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Sophie Robinson

Authorities have ‘tortured’ families, attack survivor’s partner tells inquiry

Wayne Birkett is a survivor of the Nottingham attacks (Aaron Chown/PA) - (PA Wire)

The partner of a man who suffered brain damage when he was run over by paranoid schizophrenic Valdo Calocane has told a public inquiry that authorities involved with the triple killer “tortured” the victims’ families “over and over again”.

Wayne Birkett was thrown feet into the air when Calocane deliberately swerved and hit him with a stolen van that he was driving in the early hours of June 13 2023 in Nottingham.

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