The mother of one of triple killer Valdo Calocane’s victims has described a BBC Panorama episode about the Nottingham attacks as “shameful, cold, ill-judged”. Emma Webber has criticised the programme which investigated the mental health background of her son Barnaby’s killer and asked “what lessons can be learned” from the attacks. University students Barnaby and Grace O’Malley-Kumar, both 19, and school caretaker Ian Coates, 65, were stabbed to death by Calocane in Nottingham on June 13 2023.
Ian Coates, Barnaby Webber and Grace O’Malley-Kumar were killed by Valdo Calocane (Nottinghamshire Police/PA) Barnaby’s mother Emma told the Mirror newspaper: “We believe what the BBC produced is a very imbalanced documentary – it’s shameful, cold, ill-judged, arrogant and thoughtless.” Relatives of the victims have made a formal complaint about the Panorama episode as they believe it contains “inaccuracies, was too sympathetic towards the knifeman’s family and they were refused a preview screening”, according the the newspaper. Ms Webber added: “We were not considered or consulted at any point to advise that this was being made.
” The families’ lawyer Neil Hudgell told the newspaper: “They were told as a ‘fait accompli’ when the piece was airing, they had no opportunity to be involved. “Had they been consulted they could have pointed out some obvious factual errors. “They believe they were excluded so the programme could promote the narrat.
