Family of Valdo Calocane’s victim Barnaby Webber slam cops ‘failures’ as they blast ‘you have blood on your hands’
THE heartbroken families of victims killed by Valdo Calocane have slammed cops for "failures" and said the knifeman has "got away with murder".
Valdo Calocane stabbed Grace O'Malley-Kumar and Barnaby Webber, both aged 19, and 65-year-old Ian Coates to death.
Knifeman Calocane has since been locked up in hospital following the grisly rampage in Nottingham.
Speaking, outside Nottingham Crown Court, Emma Webber, the mother of Barnaby Webber, said the assistant chief constable of Nottinghamshire Police has "blood on his hands".
In a message directed at Rob Griffin, the devastated mum said: "If you had just done your job properly, there's a very good chance my beautiful boy would be alive today."
Emma added: "True justice has not been served today.
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"There is so much more to say and clearly serious questions regarding this case and events leading up to this monster being out in society.
"But for today, our darling son, his dear friend Grace, and a wonderfully kind grandfather, Ian, have been stolen from us for ever and let down by the very system that should have been protecting them.
"The CPS did not consult with us as has been reported. Instead, we have been rushed, hastened and railroaded."
She added: "We were horrified. At no point in the previous five and a half months were we given any indication that this could conclude in anything other than murder.
"We trusted in our system, foolishly as it turns out. We do not dispute that the murderer is mentally unwell and has been for a number of years.
"However, the pre-meditated planning, the collection of lethal weapons, hiding in the shadows and the brutality of attacks are of an individual who knew exactly what he was doing.
"He knew entirely that it was wrong but he did it anyway."
Meanwhile, James Coates, the son of Ian Coates blasted cops and the "failed" system for the outcome.
He said: "This man has made a mockery of the system and he has got away with murder.
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"This man is a killer - murder was the only thing he cared about and he fulfilled this in horrific fashion."
He added: "My heart from the very beginning has gone out to the family's of Grace and Barnaby.
"The letter of the law was once considered the most important rule to live and abide by, put upon us to make the country a fair and safer place.
"Now it is just a cautionary tale where the calculated, cold,and brutal killing spree can be reduced down to something that falls in the same sentencing restrictions and guidelines as that of death by dangerous driving."
James echoed Emma's criticism and placed blame on the police, Crown Prosecution Service and the health service for his father's death, saying they failed.
Dr Sanjoy Kumar, the father of Grace O'Malley-Kumar paid tribute to his "gift" of a daughter.
The devastated father said that her family will "never come to terms" with her loss and how she died.
"She was a gift to us, she was a gift to the country," he says.
Dr Kumar says Grace's family have never questioned Calocane's diagnosis of paranoid schizophrenia.
But the heartbroken father said there were "missed opportunities" to "divert [Calocane's] lethal calls" that will "forever play on our minds".
"We will look for answers regarding missed opportunities to intervene and prevent this horrendous crime," he says.
Calocane, 32, has now been locked up in Ashworth high-security hospital after pleading guilty to manslaughter by diminished responsibility.
This means he will not be released while he continues to pose a risk to the public, which could be for the rest of his life.
Sentencing, Mr Justice Turner said the attack was "frenzied", adding: "You committed a series of atrocities in this city which ended the lives of three people in this city.
"Your sickening crimes both shocked the nation and wrecked the lives of your surviving victims and the families of them all."
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After slaughtering the trio, Calocane called his brother and told him: "This will be the last time I speak to you. Take the family out of the country."
When asked if he was going to do something stupid, Calocane replied: "It is already done".
