{"id":287719,"date":"2025-04-22T15:42:02","date_gmt":"2025-04-22T15:42:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.talkwithrattan.com\/index.php\/2025\/04\/22\/former-judge-her-honour-deborah-taylor-will-head-public-inquiry-into-nottingham-attacks\/"},"modified":"2025-04-22T15:42:02","modified_gmt":"2025-04-22T15:42:02","slug":"former-judge-her-honour-deborah-taylor-will-head-public-inquiry-into-nottingham-attacks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.talkwithrattan.com\/index.php\/2025\/04\/22\/former-judge-her-honour-deborah-taylor-will-head-public-inquiry-into-nottingham-attacks\/","title":{"rendered":"Former judge Her Honour Deborah Taylor will head public inquiry into Nottingham attacks"},"content":{"rendered":"
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A former judge has been appointed to chair a public inquiry into the Nottingham attacks two years ago.<\/p>\n

Her Honour Deborah Taylor, a former circuit court judge who retired in 2022, was appointed by Lord Chancellor Shabana Mahmood on Tuesday to “undertake a thorough, independent assessment of the events that culminated in these brutal attacks”.<\/p>\n

She will provide recommendations to prevent similar incidents and will have the power to examine all agencies involved, including the Crown Prosecution Service and Nottinghamshire Police.<\/p>\n

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Students Barnaby Webber and Grace O’Malley-Kumar, both 19, and 65-year-old caretaker Ian Coates were killed by Valdo Calocane<\/strong><\/a> in June 2023.<\/p>\n

He then attempted to kill three other people in a spate of attacks<\/strong><\/a> in Nottingham.<\/p>\n

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Calocane was sentenced to an indefinite hospital order<\/strong><\/a> in January last year after admitting manslaughter by diminished responsibility and attempted murder.<\/p>\n

Prosecutors accepted a plea of manslaughter after experts agreed his schizophrenia meant he was not fully responsible for his actions.<\/p>\n

The families said recently he had “got away with murder”<\/strong><\/a>.<\/p>\n

In a statement, the Lord Chancellor 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.<\/p>\n

“I am pleased to appoint Her Honour Deborah Taylor as the Chair of this inquiry.<\/p>\n

“She brings deep experience to the role, and I know she will undertake a fearless and thorough examination of the facts.”<\/p>\n

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In February, Sir Keir Starmer told the families of Barnaby Webber, Grace O’Malley-Kumar, and Ian Coates that a judge-led public inquiry would start in “a matter of weeks”<\/strong><\/a>.<\/p>\n

It comes after the Independent Office for Police Conduct (IOPC) also announced it would reopen a probe into Leicestershire Police<\/strong><\/a> after allegations of assault by Calocane on two co-workers in May 2023.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n


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