Nottingham attacks stab victims tested for drugs but their killer was not, inquiry told
Original article: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c5ywd4gdzk1o
Fact-Check Results
“Stab victims tested for drugs - but killer was not”
✅
VERIFIED
— The excerpt explicitly states victims were tested for drugs/alcohol while the attacker was not.
“Valdo Calocane stabbed to death Barnaby Webber and Grace O'Malley-Kumar on 13 June 2023, before killing Ian Coates and trying to kill three others”
❓
INSUFFICIENT EVIDENCE
— The excerpt confirms Calocane stabbed the two victims but lacks details about dates, Ian Coates, or the three others.
“The Nottingham Inquiry heard how Calocane refused consent for toxicology samples while he was in custody after the attacks”
❓
INSUFFICIENT EVIDENCE
— No evidence in the excerpt mentions consent refusal for toxicology samples.
“Grace's father Dr Sanjoy Kumar said it was, therefore, 'disgusting' that the bodies of his daughter and her friend and fellow student Barnaby were tested for drugs or alcohol after they died”
✅
VERIFIED
— The excerpt confirms victims were tested for drugs/alcohol after death.
“The judge-led inquiry also heard medical records of Grace, Barnaby and Ian - whose sons and partner gave evidence on Tuesday - were accessed inappropriately after their deaths”
❓
INSUFFICIENT EVIDENCE
— The excerpt does not mention inappropriate access to medical records.
“Sanjoy told the inquiry he and Sinead were asked by police to sign a 'human tissue form', so Grace's body could be released following the attacks”
❓
INSUFFICIENT EVIDENCE
— No mention of a 'human tissue form' in the excerpt.
“He said according to his experience, a hair sample to test for drugs would not have required Calocane's consent, adding it was a 'basic' step and that not taking it left an 'enormous gap'”
❓
INSUFFICIENT EVIDENCE
— The excerpt does not discuss hair samples or consent requirements for the attacker.
“Nottinghamshire Police apologised for failing to take toxicology samples from the killer but said there had been a 'complete absence of any reference of drugs or drug abuse' in the investigation”
❓
INSUFFICIENT EVIDENCE
— The excerpt does not mention police apologies or toxicology sample failures.
“Sanjoy said he had asked specifically whether a hair sample was taken from the killer, after he refused blood and urine testing”
❓
INSUFFICIENT EVIDENCE
— No evidence in the excerpt references Sanjoy's inquiry about hair samples.
“The inquiry heard how it was not until hours after police had established Barnaby's identity that his parents were informed”
❓
INSUFFICIENT EVIDENCE
— The excerpt does not mention timing of parental notification.
“Grace had attempted to stop Calocane as he attacked her friend Barnaby on the day of the attacks, before she was targeted”
❓
PENDING
“Grace had played for England Hockey's under-16s and under-18s and was studying medicine at the time of her death”
❓
PENDING
“The inquiry heard David and Emma, who were in Cornwall, were under the impression Barnaby was one of the victims, so wanted to collect his younger brother Charlie - who was on a school trip in Taunton - before he found out”
❓
PENDING
“David and Emma Webber described how they could 'never forgive' Nottinghamshire Police after it emerged officers had shared offensive messages about the attacks in a WhatsApp group chat”
❓
PENDING