Public inquiry into Nottingham attack announced
22 April 2025, 15:55 | Updated: 22 April 2025, 18:00
A full statutory inquiry into the Nottingham stabbings has been formally announced.
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The Justice Secretary says the review into the deaths of three people in June 2023 will be chaired by former senior judge Deborah Taylor.
Valdo Calacone killed 19-year-old students Grace O'Malley-Kumar and Barnaby Webber and caretaker Ian Coates, 65, and injured three more.
A previous review highlighted failings in his NHS mental health care.
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Lord Chancellor Shabana Mahmood said: "The bereaved families and survivors of the Nottingham Attack, who have suffered so much, deserve to know how these horrific attacks were able to happen.
“I am pleased to appoint Her Honour Deborah Taylor as the Chair of this inquiry.
"She brings deep experience to the role, and I know she will undertake a fearless and thorough examination of the facts.”
Emma Webber, mother of Barnaby Webber, said: "Barney, Grace and Ian have paid the ultimate price for this shameful level of incompetence, and that must not be in vain.
"Over the course of the inquiry the truth will out. Wrongs will be righted. We will make sure of that, whatever it takes, however we have to do it, and for as long as we must.
"Unlike many, we have nothing to fear, nothing to hide or embellish.
"We call for all involved across all agencies who are called forward to finally do the right thing.
"Tell the truth, admit fault if they must, accept any professional address should there be any, and allow this to be the moment that makes proper change for this country."
