Corporate manslaughter investigation launched into trust

A trust that treated a man with paranoid schizophrenia who went on to kill three people is being investigated for corporate manslaughter.

A criminal inquiry has been launched into Nottinghamshire Healthcare Foundation Trust’s care and treatment of Valdo Calocane, who killed Barnaby Webber, Grace O’Malley-Kumar, and Ian Coates in June 2023. Three others were seriously injured after Mr Calocane drove a van into them.

The investigation – which will run for several months – is being carried out by Northumbria Police because Nottinghamshire Police is implicated in failings related to the attack, The Times reported last night.

In a statement, the trust said it would be “cooperating fully”. It said: “We know how important the independent inquiry and police investigation are for the affected families, the survivors and our local communities.”

A public inquiry opened in February this year and ran until June. It heard evidence of poor communication between agencies, flawed risk assessments, failures to escalate Mr Calocane’s treatment, and discharging a high-risk patient after he disengaged with services.

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Source: HSJ, 22 July 2026