Nottingham attacks: man admits killing three but denies murder

A man has pleaded not guilty to the murder of three people who were killed in a spate of attacks in Nottingham in June, but has admitted manslaughter, as well as the attempted murder of three other individuals.

Grace O’Malley-Kumar and Barnaby Webber, both 19-year-old students at the University of Nottingham, along with 65-year-old caretaker Ian Coates, were stabbed in the street and killed in the early hours of 13 June.

A van belonging to Coates was then stolen and driven into a number of pedestrians who sustained injuries.

Valdo Calocane, 32, who also uses the name Adam Mendes, pleaded not guilty at Nottingham crown court to murder on grounds of diminished responsibility, but has admitted manslaughter and attempted murder.

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