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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
National
Nadeem Badshah

Nottingham attack victims tested for drugs but killer was not, inquiry told

Barnaby Webber and Grace O'Malley-Kumar, killed by Valdo Calocane in Nottingham, June 2023
Barnaby Webber and Grace O'Malley-Kumar were killed by Valdo Calocane in June 2023. Photograph: Nottinghamshire Police/PA

The father of a university student killed while trying to protect her friend from Valdo Calocane in Nottingham told an inquiry it is “disgusting” the stabbing victims were tested for drugs and alcohol but their killer was not.

Sanjoy Kumar, Grace O’Malley-Kumar’s father, said he could not understand why the diagnosed paranoid schizophrenic had not been tested for drugs while in custody after the attacks.

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