A NOTTINGHAM knife victim’s mum says it is “shameful” BBC’s Panorama has still not apologised ten months after airing interviews with the killer’s family.
Emma Webber told of her “unimaginable horror” at being given two weeks’ notice of the show.
The TimesEmma Webber, mother of Barnaby Webber, has still not relieved an apology from the BBC[/caption]
PABarney Webber was murdered by Valdo Calocane in Nottingham in June 2023[/caption]
The families were not offered the chance to contribute and said editors’ responses to complaints were “dismissive”.
The BBC’s complaints unit later said it would get a response within 35 days.
But six months on, the families have had nothing — so have gone to boss Tim Davie.
Emma said: “It’s exhausting, draining and shameful we have to escalate our concerns to the very top to get a response.”
The families complained that Panorama’s The Nottingham Attacks: A Search for Answers contained “serious inaccuracies and omissions”.
They also said the report — about Calocane’s NHS mental health treatment — was sympathetic to the killer’s family, who were featured.
The BBC yesterday apologised for the delay.
Calocane killed Emma’s student son Barnaby, his pal Grace O’Malley- Kumar plus school caretaker Ian Coates in 2023.
The schizophrenic got a hospital order for manslaughter by diminished responsibility.
PACalocane’s family were interviewed for Panorama’s The Nottingham Attacks: A Search for Answers[/caption]
PAGrace O’Malley- Kumar was killed by Calocane while out with Webber[/caption]
PACaretaker Ian Coates was killed by Calocane during his horrific rampage[/caption] Published: [#item_custom_pubDate]
