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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
National
Neha Gohil Midlands correspondent

Nottingham killer was not sectioned because of his race, inquiry told

Valdo Calocane
Valdo Calocane, who killed three people and severely injured three others in 2023, had been involved in a violent incident in 2020. Photograph: Nottinghamshire Police/PA

Mental health professionals decided not to detain the Nottingham triple killer Valdo Calocane despite a violent incident in 2020, after they considered research that addressed the over-representation of young black men in custody, a public inquiry has been told.

Calocane, who has paranoid schizophrenia, fatally stabbed 19-year-old students Barnaby Webber and Grace O’Malley-Kumar, and 65-year-old Ian Coates, and severely injured three others on 13 June 2023.

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