Nottingham Update No 3

A report by the Independent Office for Police Conduct in to the Leicestershire Police handling of allegations against Valdo Calocane would appear to have been leaked. The IOPC were investigating three of the force’s officers over the report Mr Calocane assaulted two of his workmates in May 2023, only weeks before the deadly and life-altering […]

Nottingham Update No 2

Today sees publication of the review in to the mental healthcare delivered to Valdo Calocane, the man who responsible for three killings and three attempted killings in Nottingham in July 2023. We saw the headlines and summary from the BBC News article as this report was supplied in full to UK media on Tuesday after […]

Playing the Mental Health Card

I spent the first hour of my Saturday responding to all the ill-informed comments on the Northumbria Police facebook page, after their media release following the sentencing of Ethan Mountain at Newcastle Crown Court yesterday. He was convicted earlier this month of manslaughter on the grounds of diminished responsibility after unlawfully killing 62yr-old Joan Hoggett […]