Families of Nottingham attacks victims 'tortured' by authorities, inquiry told
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“The partner of a man who suffered a traumatic brain injury in the Nottingham attacks has said the organisations involved in a public inquiry have 'tortured' the victims' families 'over and over again'.”
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“Valdo Calocane deliberately struck Wayne Birkett, Sharon Miller and Marcin Gawronski with a van, after he killed students Barnaby Webber and Grace O'Malley-Kumar and grandfather Ian Coates on 13 June 2023.”
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“Wayne - who said he lost all memory of his life before the attacks as a result - and his partner Tracey Hodgson told the Nottingham Inquiry that police, the NHS and other authorities had 'prolonged their suffering'.”
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“Wayne and Sharon and Marcin survived the attacks but were all seriously injured.”
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“Calocane, who was diagnosed with paranoid schizophrenia in 2020, had been sectioned under the Mental Health Act numerous times between 2020 and 2023, and was involved with a number of violent incidents before his killings.”
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“A warrant for his arrest was also outstanding at the time of the attacks.”
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“Wayne said he was not prepared for the details of the attacks that emerged at Calocane's sentencing at Nottingham Crown Court in January 2024.”
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“Wayne and Tracey told the inquiry following the attacks by Calocane they learned more from the media and social media than they did from police.”
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“Sharon Miller and her partner Martin Reed said they felt 'sidelined' by authorities.”
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“Sharon said she was walking to work in the city centre when Calocane struck her with Ian's van.”
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“Sharon said she received a letter from Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust about a potential data breach.”
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“Det Ch Insp Claire Gould told the inquiry that 'should never have happened' regarding the family of Ian Coates being told he died in a road traffic accident.”
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“Gould apologised for the force's delay in telling Ian's sons about his death until about '10 minutes before' a press briefing on the day of the attacks.”
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“There was also a delay of months to tell the families about misconduct investigations against officers for potential data breaches, and for offensive WhatsApp messages sent about the attacks in a group chat of police officers.”
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“Johal was the liaison officer allocated to all three of the survivors, Wayne, Sharon and Marcin, and their respective families.”
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“Disputing Tracey's earlier evidence, Johal claimed she did not tell her Calocane had had no previous interaction with the force, but that instead said she 'didn't know'.”
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