The families of British Indian teenager Grace O바카라Malley Kumar and her friend Barnaby Webber, who were stabbed to death near their university in Nottingham last year, have accused the police of 바카라ongoing mismanagement바카라 in their handling of the case.
The Kumar and Webber families issued a joint statement, reported in the 바카라Shropshire Star바카라, to say they won바카라t be silenced to ensure urgent changes are made at Nottinghamshire Police. An investigation found 11 members of the force바카라s staff viewed material relating to the case who did not have a legitimate reason to do so. Three faced disciplinary action but eight did not, instead being handed 바카라performance interventions바카라.
바카라We will not be silenced. This behaviour must be addressed and urgent changes made as this must not happen again to other innocent families,바카라 read a statement on behalf of the victims바카라 families sent to the PA news agency by Emma Webber, the mother of Barnaby.
The 바카라lengthy and detailed statement바카라 was sent because it was of the 바카라utmost importance that our serious concerns and ongoing mismanagement by the Nottingham Police are brought to light바카라, the families said. They also criticised the force for holding an off-the-record press briefing last week, where journalists were told they could not report the information discussed.
바카라We cannot find any fair or reasonable rationale as to why the police force has endeavored to shackle the media from reporting on their conduct or investigations,바카라 the statement reads.
It comes a week after the UK government approached the Court of Appeal over the 바카라unduly lenient바카라 sentence imposed on a 32-year-old man guilty of the killings in June 2023. Valdo Calocane was sentenced to a mental health order to be detained in a high-security hospital following a hearing at Nottingham Crown Court over the stabbing spree in the central England city in June 2023.
Kumar, 19, was a medical student who was returning to her university with Webber, also 19, when accosted by Calocane, who then went on to murder Ian Coates nearby.
바카라Valdo Calocane바카라s crimes were horrific and have shocked a nation. He brutally killed three innocent people, and violently attacked three other victims. Their experiences will stay in our minds for a long time to come,바카라 UK Attorney General Victoria Prentis said in a statement.
바카라This was a case that evoked strong feelings amongst so many people and it was no surprise that I received so many referrals under the Unduly Lenient Sentence scheme to consider the Hospital Order handed to Calocane. My duty as a Law Officer in considering whether sentences may be unduly lenient is to act independently of government, even when it is not easy or popular,바카라 she said.
바카라Having received detailed legal advice and considered the issues raised very carefully, I have concluded that the sentence imposed against Calocane, for the offences of manslaughter by reason of diminished responsibility and attempted murder, was unduly lenient and will be referred to the Court of Appeal,바카라 Prentis said.
Calocane was sentenced on January 25 to a Hospital Order with a Restriction Order under Sections 37 and 41 of the UK Mental Health Act 1983. The Attorney General바카라s office said the case received numerous Unduly Lenient Sentence referrals from the public on the day of sentencing itself which led to the government바카라s Law Officers reviewing the sentence that Calocane was convicted on, which was manslaughter by diminished responsibility and attempted murder offences.
The case has now been lodged with the Court of Appeal.
