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Irish Post
3 days ago
- Irish Post
Channel 4 commissions documentary on families' fight for justice after fatal Nottingham attacks
BRITISH broadcaster Channel 4 has commissioned a documentary on the fatal 2023 Nottingham attacks that claimed the lives of three people, including a young second-generation Irish woman. Grace O'Malley-Kumar, 19, her friend Barnaby Webber, 19, and 65-year-old Ian Coates were killed in fatal knife attacks carried out on June 13 two years ago. Ms O'Malley-Kumar— whose mother Sinead O'Malley is an Irish-born consultant anaesthetist based in London — was a first-year medical student at the University of Nottingham studying to become a doctor. Valdo Calocane was quickly arrested after the attacks but for the grieving families, this would turn out to be just the beginning of a terrible journey of discovery. Fight for justice Channel 4 says the powerful new film, with the working title of The Nottingham Attacks, will follow the families' campaign for justice, looking at multiple failings across the agencies tasked with protecting the public. With access to all three families, their legal team and others closely connected to the case, the documentary will tell the story of three ordinary families taking on the most powerful agencies of the state to get justice for their loved ones. With the public inquiry into the attacks looming next year, the film will follow the families as they look at missed opportunities to prevent the deaths. 'Shocking discoveries' Bafta-winning documentary maker Graeme McAulay, who serves as Executive Producer, said the documentary will 'take viewers far beyond the headlines of this terrible crime'. "Following three brave families searching for the truth, the documentary will reveal shocking discoveries about the people entrusted to protect us and lay bare uncomfortable truths about a system in crisis, endangering us all," he added. Anna Miralis, Senior Commissioning Editor, said: "This is a vital and timely piece of storytelling of an appalling crime and will highlight the unimaginable impact it had on these remarkable families and show their unwavering desire to expose the truth." See More: Channel 4, Grace O'Malley-Kumar, Nottingham Attacks
Leader Live
13-06-2025
- Health
- Leader Live
‘Cover-ups' surrounding care of Nottingham attack killer, victim's mother claims
Valdo Calocane, who had been diagnosed with paranoid schizophrenia, killed three people – 19-year-old students Grace O'Malley-Kumar and Barnaby Webber and 65-year-old caretaker Ian Coates – and attempted to kill three more in Nottingham in June 2023. A February report into the care received by Calocane detailed how he was not forced to have long-lasting antipsychotic medication because he did not like needles, and how other patients at Nottinghamshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust also went on to commit 'extremely serious' acts of violence. Families of the victims met with Health Secretary Wes Streeting on Monday and said they told him they want the names of staff involved in treating Calocane to be made public. Speaking on ITV's Good Morning Britain on the second anniversary of the attack, Barnaby Webber's mother Emma Webber said of Calocane's care: 'We quite often say, imagine anything that could go wrong, did go wrong and Wes Streeting actually, to quote him, he said 'sunlight is the best disinfectant'. 'That's appropriate but, actually, I would say it's simpler than that. 'I think truth is and once you've got the truth, then you've got somewhere to begin, and we're still getting cover-ups, we're still getting mistruths and we're still getting those push-aside emails 'well, the trust will deal with that, or the inquiry will deal with that'. 'But, no, we're not going to stop. 'I don't know when they'll learn that we will not stop until we get those answers.' Ms Webber added that the families' calls for transparency were 'not a witch hunt'. She said: 'I'm sure it can come across that we as families are just so vociferous in finding answers and trying to deal with our grief and our anger and rage at what happened. 'But it's much deeper than that, and it's greater than that, because there are individuals out there that they're posing a risk themselves, but they're posing a risk to the public, and we're not on a witch hunt in what we're doing. 'We do have the statutory inquiry coming up but that shouldn't stop individuals who, just as basic as failing to do their jobs properly, from being held to account, and that's through the professional means. 'I cannot understand how the NHS have not been able to confirm that anyone has had any disciplinary action against them for what they did or didn't do during his care.' Grace O'Malley-Kumar's father, Dr Sanjoy Kumar, told the programme that the families do not have 'detailed answers' and called for 'full transparency' and 'true accountability'. He said: 'At this juncture, I think it's turned into a national representation case for us, because I think what we've realised is that every family that goes through a horrific tragedy like us, they're not given answers, and they're given a lot of kerfuffle about what happened when, that's all very interesting, the timelines are interesting, but what we want is true accountability. 'Because when we have accountability, we can then have change and positive change for the country, and we've not had that, and that's been really, really frustrating.' Calocane was sentenced to an indefinite hospital order in January 2024 after admitting manslaughter by diminished responsibility and attempted murder. He was admitted to hospital and sectioned under the Mental Health Act four times between 2020 and 2022 because of his violent behaviour and refusal to take his medication, before NHS services lost track of him and discharged him in the months before the attacks. Three reports, including one by the Care Quality Commission (CQC), described failings in his care but none included practitioners' names, Dr Kumar said after meeting Mr Streeting. On Friday, the families of the victims will hold a memorial walk through Nottingham to remember their loved ones two years after their deaths. They will meet at St Paul's Church in Lenton Road at 11.30am before walking to the two locations of the attacks. During the interview with Good Morning Britain, Ms Webber said she had a 'visceral reaction' to returning to the city, adding that 'feels almost like it was yesterday' that the attack happened. She added that the group wanted to 'walk in peace and love', and that anyone who wanted to join was 'very welcome'. In a statement, Ifti Majid, chief executive of Nottinghamshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust, said: 'We are committed to giving our fullest co-operation and support to the Nottingham Inquiry which has already begun to request documentary evidence from ourselves and other organisations in relation to the devastating events of June 2023. 'It would be inappropriate to comment further at this stage.' The Department of Health and Social Care has been contacted for comment.
The Independent
13-06-2025
- Health
- The Independent
‘Cover-ups' surrounding care of Nottingham attack killer, victim's mother claims
There have been 'cover-ups' and 'mistruths' surrounding the healthcare provided to the Nottingham attack killer before the stabbings, a mother of one of the victims has claimed. Valdo Calocane, who had been diagnosed with paranoid schizophrenia, killed three people – 19-year-old students Grace O'Malley-Kumar and Barnaby Webber and 65-year-old caretaker Ian Coates – and attempted to kill three more in Nottingham in June 2023. A February report into the care received by Calocane detailed how he was not forced to have long-lasting antipsychotic medication because he did not like needles, and how other patients at Nottinghamshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust also went on to commit 'extremely serious' acts of violence. Families of the victims met with Health Secretary Wes Streeting on Monday and said they told him they want the names of staff involved in treating Calocane to be made public. Speaking on ITV's Good Morning Britain on the second anniversary of the attack, Barnaby Webber's mother Emma Webber said of Calocane's care: 'We quite often say, imagine anything that could go wrong, did go wrong and Wes Streeting actually, to quote him, he said 'sunlight is the best disinfectant'. 'That's appropriate but, actually, I would say it's simpler than that. 'I think truth is and once you've got the truth, then you've got somewhere to begin, and we're still getting cover-ups, we're still getting mistruths and we're still getting those push-aside emails 'well, the trust will deal with that, or the inquiry will deal with that'. 'But, no, we're not going to stop. 'I don't know when they'll learn that we will not stop until we get those answers.' Ms Webber added that the families' calls for transparency were 'not a witch hunt'. She said: 'I'm sure it can come across that we as families are just so vociferous in finding answers and trying to deal with our grief and our anger and rage at what happened. 'But it's much deeper than that, and it's greater than that, because there are individuals out there that they're posing a risk themselves, but they're posing a risk to the public, and we're not on a witch hunt in what we're doing. 'We do have the statutory inquiry coming up but that shouldn't stop individuals who, just as basic as failing to do their jobs properly, from being held to account, and that's through the professional means. 'I cannot understand how the NHS have not been able to confirm that anyone has had any disciplinary action against them for what they did or didn't do during his care.' Grace O'Malley-Kumar's father, Dr Sanjoy Kumar, told the programme that the families do not have 'detailed answers' and called for 'full transparency' and 'true accountability'. He said: 'At this juncture, I think it's turned into a national representation case for us, because I think what we've realised is that every family that goes through a horrific tragedy like us, they're not given answers, and they're given a lot of kerfuffle about what happened when, that's all very interesting, the timelines are interesting, but what we want is true accountability. 'Because when we have accountability, we can then have change and positive change for the country, and we've not had that, and that's been really, really frustrating.' Calocane was sentenced to an indefinite hospital order in January 2024 after admitting manslaughter by diminished responsibility and attempted murder. He was admitted to hospital and sectioned under the Mental Health Act four times between 2020 and 2022 because of his violent behaviour and refusal to take his medication, before NHS services lost track of him and discharged him in the months before the attacks. Three reports, including one by the Care Quality Commission (CQC), described failings in his care but none included practitioners' names, Dr Kumar said after meeting Mr Streeting. On Friday, the families of the victims will hold a memorial walk through Nottingham to remember their loved ones two years after their deaths. They will meet at St Paul's Church in Lenton Road at 11.30am before walking to the two locations of the attacks. During the interview with Good Morning Britain, Ms Webber said she had a 'visceral reaction' to returning to the city, adding that 'feels almost like it was yesterday' that the attack happened. She added that the group wanted to 'walk in peace and love', and that anyone who wanted to join was 'very welcome'. In a statement, Ifti Majid, chief executive of Nottinghamshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust, said: 'We are committed to giving our fullest co-operation and support to the Nottingham Inquiry which has already begun to request documentary evidence from ourselves and other organisations in relation to the devastating events of June 2023. 'It would be inappropriate to comment further at this stage.'
Powys County Times
13-06-2025
- Health
- Powys County Times
‘Cover-ups' surrounding care of Nottingham attack killer, victim's mother claims
There have been 'cover-ups' and 'mistruths' surrounding the healthcare provided to the Nottingham attack killer before the stabbings, a mother of one of the victims has claimed. Valdo Calocane, who had been diagnosed with paranoid schizophrenia, killed three people – 19-year-old students Grace O'Malley-Kumar and Barnaby Webber and 65-year-old caretaker Ian Coates – and attempted to kill three more in Nottingham in June 2023. A February report into the care received by Calocane detailed how he was not forced to have long-lasting antipsychotic medication because he did not like needles, and how other patients at Nottinghamshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust also went on to commit 'extremely serious' acts of violence. Families of the victims met with Health Secretary Wes Streeting on Monday and said they told him they want the names of staff involved in treating Calocane to be made public. Speaking on ITV's Good Morning Britain on the second anniversary of the attack, Barnaby Webber's mother Emma Webber said of Calocane's care: 'We quite often say, imagine anything that could go wrong, did go wrong and Wes Streeting actually, to quote him, he said 'sunlight is the best disinfectant'. 'That's appropriate but, actually, I would say it's simpler than that. 'I think truth is and once you've got the truth, then you've got somewhere to begin, and we're still getting cover-ups, we're still getting mistruths and we're still getting those push-aside emails 'well, the trust will deal with that, or the inquiry will deal with that'. 'But, no, we're not going to stop. 'I don't know when they'll learn that we will not stop until we get those answers.' Ms Webber added that the families' calls for transparency were 'not a witch hunt'. She said: 'I'm sure it can come across that we as families are just so vociferous in finding answers and trying to deal with our grief and our anger and rage at what happened. 'But it's much deeper than that, and it's greater than that, because there are individuals out there that they're posing a risk themselves, but they're posing a risk to the public, and we're not on a witch hunt in what we're doing. 'We do have the statutory inquiry coming up but that shouldn't stop individuals who, just as basic as failing to do their jobs properly, from being held to account, and that's through the professional means. 'I cannot understand how the NHS have not been able to confirm that anyone has had any disciplinary action against them for what they did or didn't do during his care.' Grace O'Malley-Kumar's father, Dr Sanjoy Kumar, told the programme that the families do not have 'detailed answers' and called for 'full transparency' and 'true accountability'. He said: 'At this juncture, I think it's turned into a national representation case for us, because I think what we've realised is that every family that goes through a horrific tragedy like us, they're not given answers, and they're given a lot of kerfuffle about what happened when, that's all very interesting, the timelines are interesting, but what we want is true accountability. 'Because when we have accountability, we can then have change and positive change for the country, and we've not had that, and that's been really, really frustrating.' Calocane was sentenced to an indefinite hospital order in January 2024 after admitting manslaughter by diminished responsibility and attempted murder. He was admitted to hospital and sectioned under the Mental Health Act four times between 2020 and 2022 because of his violent behaviour and refusal to take his medication, before NHS services lost track of him and discharged him in the months before the attacks. Three reports, including one by the Care Quality Commission (CQC), described failings in his care but none included practitioners' names, Dr Kumar said after meeting Mr Streeting. On Friday, the families of the victims will hold a memorial walk through Nottingham to remember their loved ones two years after their deaths. They will meet at St Paul's Church in Lenton Road at 11.30am before walking to the two locations of the attacks. During the interview with Good Morning Britain, Ms Webber said she had a 'visceral reaction' to returning to the city, adding that 'feels almost like it was yesterday' that the attack happened. She added that the group wanted to 'walk in peace and love', and that anyone who wanted to join was 'very welcome'. In a statement, Ifti Majid, chief executive of Nottinghamshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust, said: 'We are committed to giving our fullest co-operation and support to the Nottingham Inquiry which has already begun to request documentary evidence from ourselves and other organisations in relation to the devastating events of June 2023. 'It would be inappropriate to comment further at this stage.'
South Wales Guardian
13-06-2025
- Health
- South Wales Guardian
‘Cover-ups' surrounding care of Nottingham attack killer, victim's mother claims
Valdo Calocane, who had been diagnosed with paranoid schizophrenia, killed three people – 19-year-old students Grace O'Malley-Kumar and Barnaby Webber and 65-year-old caretaker Ian Coates – and attempted to kill three more in Nottingham in June 2023. A February report into the care received by Calocane detailed how he was not forced to have long-lasting antipsychotic medication because he did not like needles, and how other patients at Nottinghamshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust also went on to commit 'extremely serious' acts of violence. Families of the victims met with Health Secretary Wes Streeting on Monday and said they told him they want the names of staff involved in treating Calocane to be made public. Speaking on ITV's Good Morning Britain on the second anniversary of the attack, Barnaby Webber's mother Emma Webber said of Calocane's care: 'We quite often say, imagine anything that could go wrong, did go wrong and Wes Streeting actually, to quote him, he said 'sunlight is the best disinfectant'. 'That's appropriate but, actually, I would say it's simpler than that. 'I think truth is and once you've got the truth, then you've got somewhere to begin, and we're still getting cover-ups, we're still getting mistruths and we're still getting those push-aside emails 'well, the trust will deal with that, or the inquiry will deal with that'. 'But, no, we're not going to stop. 'I don't know when they'll learn that we will not stop until we get those answers.' Ms Webber added that the families' calls for transparency were 'not a witch hunt'. She said: 'I'm sure it can come across that we as families are just so vociferous in finding answers and trying to deal with our grief and our anger and rage at what happened. 'But it's much deeper than that, and it's greater than that, because there are individuals out there that they're posing a risk themselves, but they're posing a risk to the public, and we're not on a witch hunt in what we're doing. 'We do have the statutory inquiry coming up but that shouldn't stop individuals who, just as basic as failing to do their jobs properly, from being held to account, and that's through the professional means. 'I cannot understand how the NHS have not been able to confirm that anyone has had any disciplinary action against them for what they did or didn't do during his care.' Grace O'Malley-Kumar's father, Dr Sanjoy Kumar, told the programme that the families do not have 'detailed answers' and called for 'full transparency' and 'true accountability'. He said: 'At this juncture, I think it's turned into a national representation case for us, because I think what we've realised is that every family that goes through a horrific tragedy like us, they're not given answers, and they're given a lot of kerfuffle about what happened when, that's all very interesting, the timelines are interesting, but what we want is true accountability. 'Because when we have accountability, we can then have change and positive change for the country, and we've not had that, and that's been really, really frustrating.' Calocane was sentenced to an indefinite hospital order in January 2024 after admitting manslaughter by diminished responsibility and attempted murder. He was admitted to hospital and sectioned under the Mental Health Act four times between 2020 and 2022 because of his violent behaviour and refusal to take his medication, before NHS services lost track of him and discharged him in the months before the attacks. Three reports, including one by the Care Quality Commission (CQC), described failings in his care but none included practitioners' names, Dr Kumar said after meeting Mr Streeting. On Friday, the families of the victims will hold a memorial walk through Nottingham to remember their loved ones two years after their deaths. They will meet at St Paul's Church in Lenton Road at 11.30am before walking to the two locations of the attacks. During the interview with Good Morning Britain, Ms Webber said she had a 'visceral reaction' to returning to the city, adding that 'feels almost like it was yesterday' that the attack happened. She added that the group wanted to 'walk in peace and love', and that anyone who wanted to join was 'very welcome'. In a statement, Ifti Majid, chief executive of Nottinghamshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust, said: 'We are committed to giving our fullest co-operation and support to the Nottingham Inquiry which has already begun to request documentary evidence from ourselves and other organisations in relation to the devastating events of June 2023. 'It would be inappropriate to comment further at this stage.' The Department of Health and Social Care has been contacted for comment.
