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NHS Trust Investigated for Corporate Manslaughter After Nottingham Attacks

The NHS trust that treated Valdo Calocane before he killed three people in Nottingham in 2023 is being investigated by police for corporate manslaughter. Calocane, who has paranoid schizophrenia, was sectioned four times between 2020 and 2022. The mother of one victim welcomed the investigation, calling it the "beginning of the reckoning".

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The mother of one of the Nottingham attack victims has welcomed a corporate manslaughter investigation into the mental healthcare trust that treated triple killer Valdo Calocane, calling it the "beginning of the reckoning".

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NHS trust investigated for corporate manslaughter after Nottingham attacks

Trust that treated Valdo Calocane, who killed three people in 2023, sectioned him four times between 2020 and 2022 The NHS trust that treated the triple killer Valdo Calocane in the years before the Nottingham attacks is being investigated by police for corporate manslaughter. Calocane, who has paranoid schizophrenia, was sentenced to an indefinite hospital order after he fatally stabbed the 19-year-old students Bar…

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Nottingham attacks NHS trust faces manslaughter probe

The hospital trust treated Valdo Calocane before he killed three people in the city in 2023.

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Nottingham attacks NHS trust faces manslaughter investigation

The mother of one of the Nottingham attack victims has welcomed a corporate manslaughter investigation into the mental healthcare trust that treated triple killer Valdo Calocane, calling it the "beginning of the reckoning".

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