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Ex-Chief Admits Police Failures in Triple Killer Case
20 Mar
Summary
- Former chief constable accepted "no excuses" for killer's arrest failure.
- Valdo Calocane's arrest warrant was never executed before attacks.
- Inquiry considers if arrest could have prevented tragic events.
Kate Meynell, the former chief constable of Nottinghamshire Police, has conceded that there were "no excuses" for Valdo Calocane not being arrested prior to his fatal attacks. Calocane was responsible for stabbing to death Barnaby Webber, Grace O'Malley-Kumar, and Ian Coates in Nottingham on June 13, 2023. An arrest warrant for Calocane had been issued in September 2022 after he failed to appear in court for a 2021 assault on a police officer, but it was never executed.
An inquiry, overseen by retired judge Deborah Taylor KC, is currently hearing evidence regarding these failures. Meynell accepted responsibility on behalf of Nottinghamshire Police, stating Calocane should have been arrested. The inquiry heard the warrant was placed in an inbox that was not regularly monitored. Meynell, however, expressed doubt that executing the warrant would have prevented the subsequent killings, a point challenged by the bereaved families' legal representative.
