Absconding from Warrants

Query from the south-west after a spirited but good humoured debate between the police and an Approved Mental Health Professional following execution of a s135(1) MHA warrant. Concern had been raised about an elderly patient with possible dementia living alone and after various failed attempts to see them by visiting their home, an AMHP had secured […]

Nottingham Sentencing – Day Three

Valdo Calocane, 32, has been sentenced at Nottingham Crown Court to a restricted hospital order – indefinite detention in hospital under the Mental Health Act 1983 having pleaded guilty to three charges of manslaughter on the grounds of diminished responsibility (DR) and three charges of attempted murder following a series of attacks in the city […]

Nottingham Sentencing – Day Two

A Crown Court judge at Nottingham Crown Court will most likely hand down a sentence for Valdo Calocane on Thursday 25th January after his admission of manslaughter on the grounds of diminished responsibility (DR) and attempted murder in the city in June 2023. Day two of the sentencing hearing has been going on all day […]