British Indian teen’s family criticizes UK police for “mismanagement.”

The families of the Nottingham murder victims, who included a student of Indian descent, blasted the police for “mismanagement” and vowed to “not be silenced” in their criticism of the case.

On June 13, 2023, British-Indian Grace O’Malley-Kumar, 19-year-old Barnaby Webber, and 65-year-old Ian Coates, the school caretaker, were fatally stabbed by Valdo Calocane close to the University of Nottingham.

The families also accused the Nottinghamshire Police in a united statement of “gagging” the media to prevent information on case shortcomings from being released, as the Shropshire Star newspaper said on Monday.

Last month, Calocane, 32, was given an indefinite hospital order after the acceptance of his guilty plea to manslaughter on the grounds of reduced responsibility. Psychiatrists said that Calocane was suffering from paranoid schizophrenia.

The judgment that Calocane would not face a murder trial due to “mental illness” shocked and infuriated the relatives of the victims, who had hoped for a murder trial.

They also criticized the police for sharing information about the murder victims on a WhatsApp group, which was revealed during a misconduct hearing.

“We’re not going to be quiet. The families stated in a statement issued on Monday that “this behavior must be addressed and urgent changes made as this must not happen again to other innocent families.”

They said that the purpose of their “long and detailed statement” was to draw attention to their worries and the continuous mishandling of the Nottingham Police.

The police force had an off-the-record press briefing last week and informed the media that they could not disclose the material presented, as they also noted in the statement.

The families have written to Keir Starmer, the leader of the opposition, and are now expecting a response from him and his shadow ministers.

The families have met with Prime Minister Rishi Sunak and requested a public investigation into the tragedy, with Sunak assuring them that “we will get the answers.”

Attorney General Victoria Prentis, KC MP, said that the attempted murder and manslaughter by diminished responsibility sentences were “unduly lenient” and that the Court of Appeal would hear the case.