The Court of Appeal has refused to change the sentence of Valdo Calocane, who killed (left to right) Ian Coates, Barnaby Webber, Grace O’Malley-Kumar in Nottingham last summer.
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The Court of Appeal has refused to change the sentence of Valdo Calocane, who killed three people in Nottingham last summer.
The 32-year-old was given an indefinite hospital order in January after he pleaded guilty to the manslaughter of Barnaby Webber, Grace O’Malley-Kumar and Ian Coates by reason of diminished responsibility. He also pleaded guilty to the attempted murder of three others last June.
The Attorney General referred the sentence to the Court of Appeal in February, with lawyers arguing last week that Calocane – who suffers from paranoid schizophrenia – should be given a “hybrid” order where he would be treated in hospital before serving the remainder of the sentence in prison.
The Court of Appeal has refused to change the sentence of Valdo Calocane, who killed three people in Nottingham last summer. CREDIT: NOTTINGHAMSHIRE POLICE
Three senior judges dismissed the bid on Tuesday, stating that while Calocane’s offences caused “unimaginable grief”, his sentence was not unduly lenient as his paranoid schizophrenia was “the sole identified cause of these crimes”.
Giving their judgment, the Lady Chief Justice Baroness Carr said: “There was no error in the approach adopted by the judge.
“The sentences imposed were not arguably unduly lenient.”
The families of the victims said “justice had not been served” by the sentence and have been pushing for Calocane to be sent to prison if deemed fit enough to be discharged from hospital.
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HeadlineAppeal Court decides against jail time for Nottingham attacker Valdo Calocane
Short HeadlineNottingham attacker will not serve jail time
StandfirstValdo Calocane killed Barnaby Webber, Grace O’Malley-Kumar and Ian Coates on 13th June last year.
The Court of Appeal has refused to change the sentence of Valdo Calocane, who killed three people in Nottingham last summer.
The 32-year-old was given an indefinite hospital order in January after he pleaded guilty to the manslaughter of Barnaby Webber, Grace O’Malley-Kumar and Ian Coates by reason of diminished responsibility. He also pleaded guilty to the attempted murder of three others last June.
The Attorney General referred the sentence to the Court of Appeal in February, with lawyers arguing last week that Calocane – who suffers from paranoid schizophrenia – should be given a “hybrid” order where he would be treated in hospital before serving the remainder of the sentence in prison.
The Court of Appeal has refused to change the sentence of Valdo Calocane, who killed three people in Nottingham last summer. CREDIT: NOTTINGHAMSHIRE POLICE
Three senior judges dismissed the bid on Tuesday, stating that while Calocane’s offences caused “unimaginable grief”, his sentence was not unduly lenient as his paranoid schizophrenia was “the sole identified cause of these crimes”.
Giving their judgment, the Lady Chief Justice Baroness Carr said: “There was no error in the approach adopted by the judge.
“The sentences imposed were not arguably unduly lenient.”
The families of the victims said “justice had not been served” by the sentence and have been pushing for Calocane to be sent to prison if deemed fit enough to be discharged from hospital.
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