Nottingham Attack Victims’ Families Accuse Police of Safeguarding Failure After Stalker Hunt
POLICY WIRE — Nottingham, UK — Relatives of those killed in the Nottingham stabbing spree have slammed police for failing to alert them that a mentally ill individual obsessed with the case was...
POLICY WIRE — Nottingham, UK — Relatives of those killed in the Nottingham stabbing spree have slammed police for failing to alert them that a mentally ill individual obsessed with the case was actively searching for them.
The families of victims Barnaby Webber and Grace O’Malley discovered that a man fixated on the tragedy had traveled to Somerset in an effort to track them down.
Critics allege that law enforcement not only withheld this critical information but also minimized the actual threat the individual posed to the bereaved families.
The man in question had previously been sectioned and was referred to the government’s Prevent programme due to concerns over extremism.
Family members of Barnaby Webber have described the lack of notification as a failure of basic safeguarding, basic compassion and basic common sense, directing their criticism at both police and watchdog officials.
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The families have accused authorities of a total lack of basic compassion for leaving them unaware that a stalker was pursuing them following the atrocity committed by Valdo Calocane.
Reporting by Policy-Wire (PW)
