Families of Nottingham attacks victims 'tortured' by authorities, inquiry told
Original article: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c9d45y66g78o
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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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— No evidence found in archive to verify or contradict the claim about Tracey Hodgson's allegations regarding the Nottingham Inquiry.
“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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— No evidence found in archive to confirm Valdo Calocane's actions or the sequence of events on 13 June 2023.
“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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— No evidence found in archive to verify Wayne Birkett and Tracey Hodgson's claims about authorities prolonging their suffering.
“Wayne and Sharon and Marcin survived the attacks but were all seriously injured.”
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— No evidence found in archive to confirm the survival status or injury details of Wayne, Sharon, and Marcin.
“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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— No evidence found in archive to verify Valdo Calocane's mental health history or sectioning records.
“A warrant for his arrest was also outstanding at the time of the attacks.”
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— No evidence found in archive to confirm the existence of an outstanding arrest warrant for Valdo Calocane.
“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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— No evidence found in archive to verify Wayne Birkett's awareness of attack details before Calocane's sentencing.
“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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— No evidence found in archive to confirm how Wayne and Tracey Hodgson obtained information about the attacks.
“Sharon Miller and her partner Martin Reed said they felt 'sidelined' by authorities.”
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— No evidence found in archive to verify Sharon Miller and Martin Reed's claims about feeling sidelined by authorities.
“Sharon said she was walking to work in the city centre when Calocane struck her with Ian's van.”
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INSUFFICIENT EVIDENCE
— No evidence found in archive to confirm Sharon Miller's account of being struck by Valdo Calocane with Ian Coates's van.
“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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“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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“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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“Johal was the liaison officer allocated to all three of the survivors, Wayne, Sharon and Marcin, and their respective families.”
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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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