Triple killer put flatmate in headlock in assault
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📌 Key Takeaways
- A triple killer assaulted a flatmate by putting them in a headlock.
- The incident involved a convicted murderer with a history of violent crimes.
- The assault occurred in a shared living environment.
- The event highlights ongoing risks posed by violent offenders in communities.
📖 Full Retelling
Valdo Calocane went on to kill three people and seriously injure three others in the attacks in 2023.
🏷️ Themes
Violent Crime, Domestic Assault
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Triple killer put flatmate in headlock in assault 1 hour ago Share Save Asha Patel and Will Jefford , East Midlands Share Save Triple killer Valdo Calocane put his university flatmate in a headlock after being asked to clean up his mess in their shared bathroom, less than two years before he carried out the Nottingham attacks, a public inquiry has heard. Calocane went on to kill Ian Coates, Barnaby Webber and Grace O'Malley-Kumar and seriously injure three others in the attacks on 13 June 2023. In January 2022, Calocane assaulted his former flatmate - known only as Christopher - then stopped him from leaving their accommodation. On Thursday, the public inquiry also heard how months before the attacks, police took "no steps" to execute a warrant for Calocane's arrest that was still outstanding on the day of the attacks. The inquiry, led by retired judge Deborah Taylor, is examining the events that led up to the attacks. More than 100 witnesses, including police officers and mental health workers - who Calocane was known to - are giving evidence over the next eight weeks. Calocane was a mature student at the University of Nottingham when he became mentally unwell, and was diagnosed with paranoid schizophrenia in July 2020. He moved into private student accommodation Raleigh Park in Lenton, Nottingham - where Christopher and other students lived - in October 2021. By then, he had already been sectioned under the Mental Health Act multiple times and been involved with a number of incidents - including assaulting another student, Sebastian, in July of that year. Giving evidence to the inquiry, Christopher said Calocane was initially "very quiet" and "kept to himself". However, he said between December 2021 and the following January, Calocane's behaviour deteriorated, becoming more withdrawn. Christopher added flatmates also raised concerns amongst themselves about the state Calocane was leaving one of the two shared bathrooms in the accommodation. On 15 January 2022, Chr...
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