Police officers under investigation over inquiries into alleged assaults by Valdo Calocane

Valdo Calocane killed students Barnaby Webber and Grace O’Malley-Kumar, along with caretaker Ian Coates, in a knife rampage in Nottingham. Credit: PA

Three Leicestershire Police officers are under investigation over how they dealt with alleged assaults by Valdo Calocane the month before he killed three people in Nottingham.

Two constables and a sergeant have been told they are being investigated over how inquiries were progressed, the Independent Office for Police Conduct said.

It is claimed that Calocane assaulted two colleagues at an industrial estate in Kegworth, Leicester, in May last year.

The following month, he went on to kill students Barnaby Webber and Grace O’Malley-Kumar, along with caretaker Ian Coates, in a knife rampage in Nottingham.

Sanjoy Kumar, father of Grace O’Malley-Kumar has told ITV News: “If officers at Leicestershire had done their jobs the course of Calocanes life would have changed and even if his course had changed a few degrees our beloved and brave daughter would still be here, I am sure of that.

"When officers simply just don’t do their jobs, the consequences can be life changing as it has been for us.

"All we ask is people do their jobs. Those who didn’t must be held accountable. No family in our country should go through the heartbreak of loss we are going through.”

Emma Webber, mother of Barnaby Webber said: “We met for the second time with the IOPC on the 1st July.

"We were updated with regards to the three separate investigations that are taking place with Nottingham Police Force, Leicestershire Police Force and also into the conduct of the Chief Constable of Nottingham Police Force.

"At this time we are unable to give detailed comment, however suffice to say we remain deeply concerned at the sheer scale of failings and poor decision making that has taken place across both forces.

"We have been forced to endure yet more trauma in the amount of information, actions and time we have been forced into in ensuring we provide all of our detailed evidence.

"We have to trust that the IOPC will address every single matter raised and take appropriate and accountable action to all concerned. As soon as the outcome of each investigation is made public we will be able to comment in much greater detail”

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