Victims' families find no closure

A public inquiry is underway examining the killings perpetrated by Valdo Calocane, who had paranoid schizophrenia. Julian Hendy, whose father was fatally stabbed in 2007, testified that victims' families experience "no closure." Hendy, who now supports families affected by mental health homicides, noted that offenders in such cases frequently receive greater consideration than their victims.

Calocane was discharged from mental health services months before he murdered Barnaby Webber, Grace O'Malley-Kumar, and Ian Coates, and injured others. Hendy, who founded the charity Hundred Families, has assisted approximately 300 families, observing consistent issues in risk management and family treatment following these tragedies. The inquiry has heard about Calocane's history of mental health treatment, including being sectioned four times and warnings that he posed a lethal threat.