'The system is so broken', killer's mum tells inquiry
Key takeaways
- Asha Pateland Isaac Ashe,East Midlands The Nottingham Inquiry Celeste Calocane gave evidence to the Nottingham Inquiry on Thursday.
- Valdo, who was diagnosed with paranoid schizophrenia in 2020, stabbed to death Barnaby Webber, Grace O'Malley-Kumar and Ian Coates and tried to kill three others in a spate of attacks on 13 June 2023.
- The inquiry heard Celeste had raised concerns that her son was a risk to the public three years before his fatal attacks.
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Asha Pateland Isaac Ashe,East Midlands The Nottingham Inquiry Celeste Calocane gave evidence to the Nottingham Inquiry on Thursday. The mother of Nottingham attacks killer Valdo Calocane has told a public inquiry the system that was supposed to care for him was "so broken".
Valdo, who was diagnosed with paranoid schizophrenia in 2020, stabbed to death Barnaby Webber, Grace O'Malley-Kumar and Ian Coates and tried to kill three others in a spate of attacks on 13 June 2023.
Celeste Calocane, Valdo's mother, told the Nottingham Inquiry - which is examining the attacks - that she had to attempt to navigate services she did not understand, while he was sectioned four times in the space of two years.