The Latest Breaking News from Ian Coates

Judge-led inquiry to be held into Nottingham attacks in ‘weeks’

The families of the victims, who were told of the inquiry by Sir Keir Starmer at a meeting in Downing Street, welcomed the ‘watershed moment’

Evening Standard · Feb 12, 2025

Nottingham attack families recognise gravity of PM meeting, victim’s mother says

The victims’ families are due to meet with the PM, the Home Secretary, the Health Secretary and the Attorney General on Wednesday.

The Independent UK · Feb 12, 2025

Nottingham attacks: victims’ families to meet Keir Starmer

Families at Downing Street meeting on Wednesday will call for judge-led inquiry into killings

The Guardian - UK · Feb 8, 2025

Nottingham triple killer care report a ‘horror show’, victim’s mother says

A report into the care received by Valdo Calocane was published on Wednesday.

Evening Standard · Feb 5, 2025

Nottingham triple killer care report a ‘horror show’, victim Barnaby Webber’s mother says

Emma Webber has urged Sir Keir Starmer not to back down on the promise of a public inquiry

The Independent UK · Feb 5, 2025

Triple killer Valdo Calocane may have been spared prison due to incomplete evidence, families say

Calocane, who had been diagnosed with paranoid schizophrenia, was sentenced to an indefinite hospital order after killing Barnaby Webber, Grace O’Malley-Kumar and Ian Coates

The Independent UK · Feb 5, 2025

Nottingham knife killer not forced to take long-lasting antipsychotics due to fear of needles, damning report reveals

Shocking report finds another patient being treated by the same trust was arrested for stabbing five people in one weekend just months before Calocane’s attacks

The Independent UK · Feb 5, 2025

Triple killer Valdo Calocane refused medication as he did not like needles, care review finds

Review looked into mental health care Calocane received before killing three people in a violent rampage through Nottingham in June 2023

The Guardian - UK · Feb 5, 2025

Valdo Calocane possibly spared prison due to incomplete evidence, families say

An independent review of the Nottingham triple killer’s care was published on Wednesday.

Evening Standard · Feb 5, 2025

Report on failings in Calocane’s care should be watershed moment, charity warns

Marjorie Wallace, boss of mental health charity Sane, said the publication of the review in Valdo Calocane’s care ‘should act as a watershed moment’.

Evening Standard · Feb 5, 2025