Doctor warned Valdo Calocane could kill, three years before Nottingham stabbings

“A doctor warned that Valdo Calocane’s mental illness was so severe he could kill someone, three years before he stabbed three people to death in Nottingham, his medical records reveal.

Calocane’s family, who were shown the records only after he was sentenced to indefinite detention in a high-security hospital for the attacks, have criticised the missed opportunities they believe could have prevented the killings.

They shared a 300-page summary of Calocane’s medical notes with BBC’s Panorama programme, which they say shows how he was let down by the NHS.

In June 2023, Calocane fatally stabbed 19-year-old students Barnaby Webber and Grace O’Malley-Kumar and a school caretaker Ian Coates, 65, in Nottingham. He also injured three people while driving a stolen van.”