Timeline of Nottingham killer’s interactions with mental health services

Valdo Calocane was under the care of a mental health trust for two years prior to stabbing three people to death in June 2023.

A Care Quality Commission (CQC) review into mental health services at Nottinghamshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust (NHFT) said his records make it “clear” that he was “acutely unwell” throughout this period.

The health regulator found the trust had “minimised or omitted” key details of the serious risk Calocane posed to others.

He went on to stab students Barnaby Webber and Grace O’Malley-Kumar, both 19, as they returned from a night out in the early hours of June 13 last year, before killing Ian Coates, 65.

Here is the full timeline of Calocane’s interactions with services at the trust between May 2020 and February 2022, according to the CQC.

– 2020:

– May 24: Calocane is arrested and has contact with mental health services for the first time. He is sent home following a mental health assessment

– May 24: Calocane is arrested again one hour after being discharged

– May 25: Calocane is detained under section 2 of the Mental Health Act 1983 at Highbury Hospital in Nottingham

– June 17: Calocane is discharged to the crisis resolution home treatment team (CRHT)

– June 30: His care is transferred to early intervention in psychosis (EIP) team

– July 11: Calocane’s family contacts the EIP team with concerns about his mental state. These concerns were recorded, but no contact with the patient was attempted

– July 14: Calocane is involved in a police incident and is detained for a second time under the Mental Health Act at Highbury Hospital

– July 31: He is discharged from hospital back to the CRHT

– August 15: His care is moved again to the EIP team

– October 9 and 24: Calocane’s family contacts the EIP team twice with their concerns, which are followed up

– 2021:

– May 29: Calocane’s family raise concerns about his mental state, which is followed up by a crisis team over the phone

– August 19: Notes indicate Calocane’s condition is deteriorating and he is engaging less with healthcare professionals

– September 3: Calocane is taken to a place of safety under section 2 of the Mental Health Act

– September 11: Calocane is admitted to an independent hospital under section 2 of the Mental Health Act

– October 1: Calocane is moved to an independent hospital in Nottingham under section 3 of the Mental Health Act

– October 22: Calocane is discharged back into the community

– October 22: On the same day, Calocane’s family contact the EIP team to tell them they are dissatisfied with not being informed that he was being discharged. The discharge took place on a Friday, with no crisis home treatment team input arranged for over the weekend. The EIP team attempted to refer him to CRHT but they were unable to accept Calocane due to capacity issues

– 2022:

– January 18: Calocane is detained at a place of safety after allegedly assaulting a fellow student

– January 19: Calocane is assessed for detention under the Mental Health Act but is not detained. The medic carrying out the assessment thought he could be managed in the community, the CQC said

– January 28: Calocane is admitted to hospital for a fourth time at Highbury Hospital under section 2 of the Mental Health Act

– February 24: He is discharged back to the EIP team

– April 28: Calocane’s care coordination is transferred from a long-standing are co-ordinator to two community psychiatric nurses due to concerns about risks

– Septmber 23: Calocane is discharged back to his GP due to non-engagement. There are no further records