Some Preventing Future Death (PFD) reports on the Chief Coroner’s website are a little frustrating because they don’t always give a full explanation of what has gone on and don’t necessarily make full sense we read the circumstances of death and then look at the matters of concern. In case you’ve not looked at them […]

Last week, the Court of Appeal heard submissions the restricted hospital order sentence for Valdo Calocane, who pleaded guilty in January to three offences of manslaughter (diminished responsibility) and three attempted murders in Nottingham, was unduly lenient. This followed referral from the Attorney General who took the view the sentence was unduly lenient. The referral […]

The Court of Criminal Appeal heard evidence this week about the sentence for Valdo Calocane, the man convicted in January of the awful attacks which took place last year in Nottingham. It was announced shortly after he was sentenced that the Attorney General had referred the matter to the appeal court under the ‘unduly lenient‘ […]