THIS is the haunting moment two Nottingham rampage victims had a final chat together unaware a triple killer was lying in wait.
Grace O’Malley-Kumar and Barnaby Webber, both aged 19, were captured on CCTV walking together as they made their way home from a night out.
Nottinghamshire Police Grace and Barnaby could be seen walking together before the horror[/caption]
Grace was stabbed as she desperately tried to save Barnaby
He also fought on the ground after being stabbed with a dagger
Valdo Calocane has admitted manslaughter
Tragically, just moments later Valdo Amissao Mendes Calocane pounced on them and stabbed them to death before also killing caretaker Ian Coates, 65.
The killer, who was today handed an indefinite hospital order, had been lurking in the shadows ready to attack any strangers he came across.
He followed the chatting pair from behind before pulling out a dagger and stabbing them.
Brave Grace had thrown herself between Barnaby and the attacker in a desperate bid to save him but nothing could be done.
She managed to push Calocane into the road but this led him to turn his attention to her.
The killer was then “as uncompromisingly brutal in his assault of Grace as he was in his assault of Barnaby” and she collapsed while Barnaby tried to defend himself from the ground.
Calocane was then captured on CCTV calmly walking away after stabbing the innocent pair to death.
While continuing on his rampage, the killer attempted to gain access to a home through a window but was shoved away by a resident.
Undeterred, Calocane made his way to Magdala Road where he came across caretaker Ian, who he also fatally knifed.
He then jumped into Ian’s van and began ploughing into pedestrians – leaving Sharon Miller, Marcin Gawronski and Wayne Birkett injured.
His rampage was finally brought to an end when armed police swooped on a residential street to arrest him.
An officer could be heard yelling “stay where you are, stay where you are” in dramatic footage.
As he points a Taser at the killer, Calocane tries to shield his head.
The footage then shows him being led away in handcuffs by officers after his arrest.
Calocane previously pleaded guilty to manslaughter on the grounds of diminished responsibility.
He also admitted attempted murder, with all his pleas accepted by prosecutors.
Nottingham Crown Court was told Calocane was suffering from “extreme” mental illness at the time.
It also emerged that at the time of the killings he was “unlawfully at large”.
An arrest warrant had been issued in September 2022 when Calocane failed to attend court for assaulting a cop that was still outstanding.
Assistant Chief Constable Rob Griffin, from Nottingham Police, admitted: “We should have done more to arrest him”.
The victims’ families wept as their harrowing final moments were revealed in court for the first time.
They also slammed the “monster” triple killer in powerful victim impact statements as they bravely faced Calocane.
Grace’s dad, Dr Sanjoy Kumar, told the brute he was a “a cold, cowardly and calculating killer”.
He also praised his daughter who “heroically and valiantly fought you. Like a hero she put herself in harm’s way.”
The dad said: “The love of our life has been taken away from us. [The] music from my ears has been taken away. Our landscape has turned from vivid colour to black and white.”
Barnaby’s mum Emma Webber said her son’s life had been “stolen in the most vicious, unprovoked, senseless and evil way imaginable”.
She added: “I have utter rage and pure hatred for you, the murderer that sits before me today.
“I do hope that what remains of your dark soul will feel true remorse for what you have done.”
While Ian’s son James Coates branded Calocane a “selfish monster who decided to go on a killing spree”.
“To have a life taken so horrifically is something you will never come to terms with”, he added.
Calocane came to the UK from Guinea-Bissau with his family in 2007 when he was aged 16.
He grew up in a devout church-going family in Haverfordwest, Pembrokeshire and was described as “bright and studious”.
He had been receiving treatment from mental health services since 2020, including being treated with anti-psychotic medication.
It is understood his health spiralled during the Covid lockdown and complained of hearing voices telling him he needed to kill people.
Calocane had been sectioned at least four times before the attack but “actively concealed symptoms of psychosis”.
The killer also refused to take his medication and was admitted to hospital in 2020 after smashing down doors in his block of flats.
On occasion in May 2021, Calocane visited MI5’s London headquarters to ask them to stop “controlling him”.
The prosecutor said: “There is a photograph taken by their systems at Thames House, saying ‘please arrest me’ – effectively ‘stop controlling me’.”
Calocane also assaulted a police officer during a search of his flat, with the court told there were “missed opportunities” to alter the tragic chain of events.
After stabbing the students, Calocane knifed Ian to death
He then stole the caretaker’s van
Calocane ran over three pedestrians in the rampage
The horror came to an end when he was Tasered in the van
Calocane was then led away by armed police
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