THE mother of Nottingham stab victim Barnaby Webber says she will “never forgive” a police officer who snooped on bodycam footage of her son’s dying moments.
Barnaby, his friend Grace O’Malley-Kumar, and school caretaker Ian Coates were knifed to death by Valdo Calocane in the city in June.
PAEmma Webber says she’ll ‘never forgive’ the cop who snooped on footage of her son’s dying moments[/caption]
PAThe killer stabbed Barnaby to death[/caption]
Notts Police wrote to Emma Webber and said a special constable had been sacked for viewing footage on his laptop of Barnaby and Grace being treated by medics — despite having no professional reason to do so.
Emma Webber told LBC: “The police have finally given us details yesterday, because we asked the chief constable and we got a letter last night containing details because we’ve heard lots of varying versions of it.
“We’ve had an apology for us not being informed in advance, and then we had the detail of how seriously they take this, and officers are specially trained, lessons will be learnt.
“But that doesn’t really help with the pain of knowing that people were viewing the bodycam footage of my son in the street and I will never forgive them for that.”
Another officer, PC Matthew Gell, was given a warning at a hearing last month after sharing information about the case in a text message.
Killer Calocane will have his sentence reviewed for being “unduly lenient” after he slaughtered three in a rampage.
The Attorney General has now referred his sentence to the Court of Appeal after finding it “unduly lenient”.
Victoria Prentis has asked top judges whether the term can be increased so Calocane would face prison if he were released from the high-security prison.
Under the current order, the triple killer could be released if his mental health improves and the Justice Secretary and doctors believe he is no longer a risk to the public.
But no hybrid order was put in place stipulating Calocane would have to go to jail if he is released from the hospital.
The move was today welcomed by the victims’ families, who previously said Calocane had “got away with murder”.
In a joint statement, they said: “We were very glad to hear that the Attorney General has agreed with us that the sentencing given to Valdo Calocane, who so viciously and calculatedly killed our loved ones, was wrong.
“We are optimistic that when this reaches the Royal Courts of Justice for its appeal there will be an outcome that provides some of the appropriate justice that we have been calling for.
“It is important to remember that this is just one part of the tragic failures in this case. The investigation into the mental health trust, the CPS and the Nottingham and Leicestershire Police still continue.
“We maintain that there are serious failures in all three agencies that must be fully addressed.”
Prosecutors ruled that Calocane could not be held fully responsible for his actions because of his paranoid schizophrenia.
PAHe also killed Barnaby’s friend Grace O’Malley-Kumar as the pair walked home[/caption]
PAThe killer stole Ian’s van after also fatally stabbing him[/caption] Published: [#item_custom_pubDate]
