Doctors should be held responsible for letting dangerous mentally ill people onto the streets, Nottingham knife attack victim Grace O'Malley-Kumar's father declares By Josh White Published: 10:46, 13 August 2024 | Updated: 11:06, 13 August 2024 e-mail View comments Doctors caring for people with serious mental illness should be held responsible for putting 'dangerous' people on our streets, according to the father of Grace O'Malley-Kumar, who was stabbed to death last year. Dr Sanjoy Kumar, whose daughter was killed by Valdo Calocane last year, condemned the 'irresponsible' decision to discharge him from specialist care. A new report into the care Calocane received from his local mental health trust highlights how he was discharged back to his GP in September 2022.
But the Care Quality Commission (CQC) said the evidence 'indicated beyond any real doubt' that Calocane would relapse 'into distressing symptoms and potentially aggressive behaviour' and the decision to send him back to GP care 'did not adequately consider or mitigate the risks of relapse'. Dr Kumar said the public is 'crying out for safety from these crimes' as he revealed that Health Secretary Wes Streeting told families he would 'slow down' modifications to the Mental Health Act. Ian Coates, Barnaby Webber and Grace O'Malley-Kumar (l-r) were the killer's victims Calocane, 32, admitted three charges of manslaughter on the grounds of diminished responsibility at Nottingham Crown Court Calocane killed 19-year-old s.