Valdo Calocane to be detained in high-security hospital for life

Valdo Calocane, who killed three people in Nottingham, will be detailed in a high-security hospital, "probably" for the rest of his life as Mr Justice Turner accepts his paranoid schizophrenia diagnosis.

Calocane was to be sentenced for the lesser charge of manslaughter following a diagnosis of paranoid schizophrenia. Calocane will now return to Ashworth Hospital under section 37 of the Mental Health Act. There is no timeframe for his release - the judge has said it would "probably" be for the rest of his life.

Valdo Calocane has been sentenced for killing Barnaby Webber, Grace O'Malley-Kumar and Ian Coates in Nottingham in June last year.

The family of 19-year-old victim Barnaby Webber read a statement, where they say justice has not been served, hitting out at what they see as failures in the Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) and the police service.

In a statement published today, Barnaby's family says the CPS did not consult with them on accepting the defence's manslaughter plea. "Instead we have been rushed, hastened and railroaded," family members say.

Prosecutor Karim Khalil said the families of the victims had been consulted before the prosecution decided to accept the pleas entered last year.

The Webber family continued by saying that at their first meeting with the CPS, on Friday, 24 November - four days before the pre-trial plea hearing - it was presented with a "fait accompli - that the decision had been made to accept manslaughter charges".

Barnaby's family say that they do not dispute that Calocane is been "mentally unwell" but says he "knew exactly what he was doing".