According to Sky News, the public inquiry into the June 2023 Nottingham attack is concluding its evidence session today. The broadcaster reported that the inquiry has been examining the events of that summer, when three people were killed, as well as the series of institutional failings that emerged in the aftermath of the case.
According to Sky News, the attack claimed the lives of three people in Nottingham. The broadcaster reported that the victims were two 19-year-old students, Barnaby Webber and Grace O'Malley-Kumar, along with a grandfather, Ian Coates, whose deaths prompted widespread grief and growing calls for accountability across the city and beyond.
According to Sky News, the man responsible, Valdo Calocane, was dealt with through the courts after the attack. The broadcaster reported that he pleaded guilty and was sentenced to a hospital order, having been diagnosed with paranoid schizophrenia three years before the attack and having been known to mental health services.
According to Sky News, the attack was not limited to stabbings. The broadcaster reported that it also involved a car-ramming, in which Wayne Birkett and Sharon Miller were injured, underlining the wide-ranging nature of the events that unfolded across Nottingham on that day in June.
According to Sky News, what emerged after the attack was a series of failings by the authorities. The broadcaster reported that these included shortcomings by the police and mental health services, which Calocane had been known to, prompting sustained calls for a public inquiry to examine how the case had been handled.
According to Sky News, the inquiry has heard evidence pointing to failings across several trusted public institutions. The broadcaster reported that these included the police, the NHS and the council, with survivors and bereaved families travelling from Nottingham to London in order to take part in the proceedings.
According to Sky News, those affected have wanted to play a major part in the inquiry despite how difficult the process has been. The broadcaster reported that survivors and families have had to relive the events repeatedly as evidence was heard, and that they are seeking time to process the scale of the failings identified before the inquiry's conclusions are drawn.