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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
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Sophie Robinson and Stephanie Wareham

‘No-one listened’: Valdo Calocane’s mother says broken mental health system failed her son

The mother of triple killer Valdo Calocane says she felt like she was “left alone” and doing the job of mental health services before her son went on his stabbing rampage.

Celeste Calocane told an inquiry that her son, who has paranoid schizophrenia, was “empty” months before he killed students Barnaby Webber and Grace O’Malley-Kumar, both 19, in Ilkeston Road, Nottingham, in the early hours of 13 June 2023.

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