'Incompetence and lies.' Nottingham victim Barnaby Webber’s mum reacts to Henry Nowak’s death
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4.1 • 705 Ratings
🗓️ 4 June 2026
⏱️ 48 minutes
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Summary
Camilla Tominey speaks to Emma Webber, mother of Nottingham attack victim Barnaby Webber, about the latest revelations from the public inquiry into the killings carried out by Valdo Calocane.
They discuss evidence surrounding the decision not to section Calocane despite clear signs of psychosis, the police and NHS failings that allowed him to remain at large, and claims that crucial evidence challenging his manslaughter plea was hidden from victims’ families.
Emma draws parallels with the police response to the killing of Henry Nowak, as she explains why she continues to fight for accountability and lasting reform in Barnaby’s name.
Producer: Georgia Coan and Emma Williams
Senior Producer: John Cadigan
Executive Producer: Charlotte Seligman
Video Producer: Will Walters
Studio Operator: Meghan Searle
Editor: Camilla Tominey
Highlights
- Emma Webber on the systemic failings that saw Valdo Calocane slip through the net
- On how she feels seeing the horrific murder of Henry Nowak
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| 0:00.0 | The Telegraph. |
| 0:05.0 | What's it like to lose a child to a killer the police could have stopped? |
| 0:14.0 | The inquiry into the Nottingham attacks has heard Valdo Calicane's victims were failed at every turn. |
| 0:20.0 | In this highly emotional interview that every parent should watch, |
| 0:24.1 | I speak to Barnaby Weber's mother, Emma, |
| 0:26.7 | about how the families were lied to by police and prosecutors, |
| 0:30.3 | how a catalogue of catastrophic errors saw Callicane avoid prison, |
| 0:34.8 | and hear her direct message to Henry Novak's family. |
| 0:39.0 | Welcome to The Daily Tea with me, Camilla Tominy. |
| 0:52.7 | In June 2023, Valdo Calicane fatally stabbed three people in a knife and van attack in Nottingham, |
| 1:00.3 | sparking major public inquiries into severe NHS and police failings. |
| 1:06.0 | Emma Weber, mother of one of the victims, Barnaby Weber, aged 19, who was killed alongside his friend Grace O'Malley Kumar, also 19. |
| 1:15.6 | And Ian Coates, 65, joins me now. |
| 1:19.2 | You campaign for an inquiry into the killings. |
| 1:22.9 | You succeeded in getting one. |
| 1:24.4 | It began in February. |
| 1:27.3 | It concluded on Friday. I've watched with a degree of |
| 1:32.8 | interest, concern, alarm, your social media posts as you have been put through the ringer. And I start |
| 1:41.6 | by saluting your bravery in all this because what you've been through is frankly |
| 1:46.4 | unimaginable. And the inquiry findings are horrendous to be perfectly frank. So if we try and take it |
| 1:55.9 | chronologically because you've been in the weeds and for many people they don't quite know |
| 1:59.8 | what has been uncovered over the course of the last few months. Let's begin with what you've been in the weeds and for many people, they don't quite know what has been uncovered |
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