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

Police sorry for failing to arrest Calocane before killings, Nottingham inquiry told

Four people standing next to one another
Emma Webber, the mother of Barnaby Webber, Sanjoy Kumar, the father of Grace O'Malley-Kumar, and James Coates, the son of Ian Coates, on Monday outside the inquiry. Photograph: Jordan Reynolds/PA

Two police forces have apologised to bereaved families and survivors of the Nottingham attacks for failing to act on an arrest warrant for Valdo Calocane that was issued 10 months before he killed three people, a public inquiry has heard.

NHS England and the NHS trust that cared for Calocane, who has paranoid schizophrenia, also apologised to the families over missed opportunities. “The NHS and the system as a whole failed you with devastating consequences,” the lawyer representing NHS England said.

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