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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Politics
Jessica Murray Midlands correspondent

Nottingham attacks: series of errors led to Valdo Calocane being discharged, review finds

Valdo Calocane
Valdo Calocane was given an indefinite hospital order in January after pleading guilty to three counts of manslaughter. Photograph: Nottinghamshire police/PA

A “series of errors and misjudgments” in Valdo Calocane’s mental health care led to him being discharged, despite repeatedly not taking medication and showing signs of aggression, months before he killed three people in Nottingham, a report says.

A review by the Care Quality Commission (CQC) of the treatment that Calocane received from Nottinghamshire healthcare NHS foundation trust over two years between May 2020 and September 2022 found that “the risk he presented to the public was not managed well”.

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