The mother of a student who was killed in the Nottingham stabbings said that “true justice has not been served today”.
Barnaby Webber, 19, was stabbed by Valdo Calocane alongside Grace O’Malley-Kumar, 19, and school caretaker Ian Coates who was 65 years old.
Calocane was sentenced to an indefinite hospital order at Nottingham Crown Court after pleading guilty to three counts of manslaughter on the basis of diminished responsibility in Nottingham last summer.
Grace was the daughter of Irish-born, London-based consultant anaesthetist Dr Sinéad O’Malley, who has spoken previously of her grief since the attack and called for mandatory prison sentences for anyone caught carrying a knife.
In a statement read on the court steps after sentencing, Barnaby Webber’s mother Emma Webber said that “true justice has not been served today”.
Ms Webber said: “We as a devastated family have been let down by multiple agency failings and ineffectiveness.”
She said the local police chief had “blood on his hands” because an arrest warrant for Calocane was outstanding for nine months prior to the attacks
She added that the families were not consulted about the decision by prosecutors to accept a plea of manslaughter due to diminished responsibility.
She said they were railroaded.
Ms Webber said the premeditation, the way in which the defendant collected weapons, waited in the shadows and the brutality of the attacks showed he knew what he was doing.
Speaking after sentencing, Grace’s father Sanjoy Kumar said his family will never come to terms with the loss of their daughter who he described as a gift to the country.
He said there were questions about the missed opportunities to intervene and prevent this horrendous crime.
Mr Kumar also paid tribute to the support the family had received in London and Ireland.
Additional reporting PA
