“Not unduly lenient” – Court of Appeal rules on Nottingham attacks

May 16, 2024

The sentence given to Nottingham killer Valdo Calocane was not “unduly lenient”, senior judges have ruled.

Calocane was handed an indefinite hospital order for the manslaughter by reason of diminished responsibility of Grace O’Malley-Kumar, Barnaby Webber and Ian Coates, and the attempted murder of three others last June.

This follows a reference by the Solicitor-General, who argued that Valdo Calocane should be given a “hybrid” life sentence, where he would first be treated for his paranoid schizophrenia before serving the remainder of his jail term in prison.

Simon Spence KC was asked for legal commentary following the Court of Appeal’s decision.

Listen to his analysis and interview here from 1:11:50: [YouTube]