EXCLUSIVE PREVIEW: The Nottingham Inquiry - “I believe they were murdered"

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🗓️ 14 March 2026

⏱️ 25 minutes

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Summary

In June 2023, a series of unthinkable attacks in Nottingham killed three people and left three others seriously injured.

Students Barnaby Webber and Grace O’Malley-Kumar were fatally stabbed as they walked home from a night out. The attacker then went on to kill school caretaker Ian Coates and steal his van, which was later used to drive into pedestrians in the city centre.

The man responsible, Valdo Calocane, had previously been diagnosed with paranoid schizophrenia. He was later given an indefinite hospital order after admitting manslaughter on the grounds of diminished responsibility.

Now, a public inquiry is examining whether the tragedy could have been prevented.

In the first episode of this series, Caroline and Ryan speak to Emma Webber, Barnaby’s mother, about the first weeks of the Nottingham Inquiry. She describes the long fight by the families to secure the inquiry, the disturbing evidence emerging about missed opportunities to stop the attacker, and why she and the other families remain determined to push for accountability and meaningful change.

In the second episode of this series, Caroline speaks to former senior police officer David Gilbertson, to discuss what the inquiry has revealed so far; multiple assaults, accounts of stalking and an arrest warrant that went unexecuted for ten months.

We will continue to bring you updates on The Nottingham Inquiry over the coming weeks, over on Trial+

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0:00.0	For members only, the trial price.
0:13.2	Hi, it's Caroline here with a bit of a special preview episode for you.
0:18.0	Now, over on the trial plus, we've been looking at the Nottingham inquiry.
0:22.9	This is all about the awful events, which took place in the early hours of June the 13th in
0:28.0	2023 in the city. A horrific series of attacks that killed three people and injured three more.
0:35.6	Now, the man responsible was called Valdow Calicane. He
0:38.8	fatally stabbed Barnaby Weber and Grace O'Malley Kumar as they walked home from a night out. Both were
0:45.2	students at Nottingham University. They were just 19. Calicane went on then to ambush Ian Coates as he
0:52.6	was about to go to work. He stabbed him and he stole his
0:56.0	van, driving it randomly into three more victims. They were Wayne Burkett, Martin Goronsky and
1:02.9	Sharon Miller. They were all left with serious injuries. Now, Callicane had been diagnosed with
1:09.2	paranoid schizophrenia before the attacks, and he was
1:12.0	later sentenced to an indefinite hospital order because he admitted manslaughter on the grounds of
1:18.6	diminished responsibility. But what we're hearing more and more of in this inquiry is just how
1:24.8	many times Valdo Calicane was flagged as a dangerous, violent and unpredictable
1:30.8	individual, accounts of assaults, stalking and breakings, all of which can be seen as opportunities
1:38.1	to prevent the Nottingham attacks had all been treated differently. They had not been joined up. Now, in the first episode of our
1:47.9	series, we spoke to Emma Weber. She's the amazing mother of Barnaby Weber who tragically
1:53.3	lost his life that day. She's truly inspiring and so much of what she has to say continues
1:59.3	to resonate throughout the inquiry as we learn more.
2:03.3	So we wanted to release part of that episode that we recorded with her as a preview for you
2:09.8	all to hear. It's currently sitting on the trial plus for our members, but we just wanted more
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