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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Stephanie Wareham

NHS trust faces manslaughter investigation over Nottingham triple killings

  • Nottinghamshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust (NHFT) is being investigated for corporate manslaughter in connection with its care of triple killer Valdo Calocane.
  • Calocane, a paranoid schizophrenic, was under NHFT's care from 2020 until 2022, having been sectioned four times before being discharged after failing to attend appointments.
  • In June 2023, Calocane fatally stabbed students Barnaby Webber and Grace O’Malley-Kumar, both 19, and caretaker Ian Coates, 65, in Nottingham , and subsequently attempted to murder three pedestrians with a stolen van.
  • Northumbria Police , acting on behalf of Nottinghamshire Police, has commenced the investigation, with NHFT confirming its full cooperation.
  • Emma Webber, mother of victim Barnaby, welcomed the investigation as an "unprecedented move" that will send "much-needed shockwaves across our public services" and signifies "the beginning of the reckoning" for accountability.

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