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Nottingham attack victims’ families hit out at ‘flawed criminal justice system’

Court of appeal rejects application to increase Valdo Calocane’s sentence to include jail time

The families of the Nottingham attack victims have criticised the “utterly flawed and under-resourced criminal justice system” after the court of appeal rejected an application to increase Valdo Calocane’s sentence to include jail time.

Calocane, 32, was sentenced to an indefinite hospital order in January after pleading guilty to three counts of manslaughter on the grounds of diminished responsibility due to paranoid schizophrenia, and three counts of attempted murder.

Continue reading… The Guardian Read More Court of appeal rejects application to increase Valdo Calocane’s sentence to include jail timeThe families of the Nottingham attack victims have criticised the “utterly flawed and under-resourced criminal justice system” after the court of appeal rejected an application to increase Valdo Calocane’s sentence to include jail time.Calocane, 32, was sentenced to an indefinite hospital order in January after pleading guilty to three counts of manslaughter on the grounds of diminished responsibility due to paranoid schizophrenia, and three counts of attempted murder. Continue reading…