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

Valdo Calocane brother tells inquiry he felt powerless over killer’s mental ill health

Elias Calocane in glasses and a beige jacket sits at a desk with a microphone, water bottle, and papers.
Valdo Calocane’s brother Elias giving evidence to the Nottingham inquiry on Wednesday. Photograph: Nottingham Inquiry/PA

The younger brother of Valdo Calocane, who killed three people in an attack in Nottingham, said he felt “powerless” over his sibling’s mental ill health and believed violent messages his brother had sent concerned suicidal thoughts.

Valdo Calocane, who was diagnosed with paranoid schizophrenia in 2020, stabbed to death Barnaby Webber and Grace O’Malley-Kumar, both 19, and caretaker Ian Coates, 65, on 13 June 2023, and seriously injured three others.

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