US EditionNottingham Attacks Inquiry a Chance 'to Confront Failure'
The inquiry will review NHS and police failures in monitoring Valdo Calocane, who killed three and injured three others in June 2023, with evidence heard over nine weeks.
- On Monday, Her Honour Deborah Taylor will chair the inquiry in London, beginning nine weeks of hearings into the Nottingham attacks, including Calocane's actions before June 13, 2023.
- Families demanded a statutory probe to compel witnesses after survivors lobbied and Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer approved the inquiry last year following two critical reviews.
- Calocane is already serving a hospital order after pleading guilty to three counts of manslaughter and three counts of attempted murder, with the inquiry set to hear from more than 100 witnesses plus over 60 police and 169 mental health trust statements.
- Families say the inquiry must deliver individual and institutional accountability and warned that failure to enforce reform would mean the system has failed again; the inquiry chair must publish a final report by May 2027.
- The terms of reference cover eight key areas including timelines from 2019 to June 13, 2023, depot medication and Community Treatment Order use, plus MI5, University of Nottingham, police and NHS witnesses.
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'Utterly pathetic!' Mother of Nottingham attack victim tells GB News her 'blood pressure is rising' as inquiry gets underway
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