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When the justice system fails, real men must stand up. 

Absolute desolation. Unfathomable grief. Crippling waves of pain. Promising young people robbed of their lives, loving families plunged into a bottomless chasm of anguish. And worst of all, no chance of justice. Last June, two 19-year-old students, Grace O’Malley-Kumar and Barnaby Webber, were stabbed to death, along with 65-year-old school caretaker Ian Coates, by Valdo Calocane – who embarked on a killing spree on the streets of Nottingham.
 Grace, a medical student, bravely intervened when Calocane, 32, repeatedly thrust a dagger into history student Barnaby. Although she could have run, instead Grace frantically tried to push away their attacker and he turned his rage on her. A witness to the attack heard her “awful, blood curling scream”. Then silence. At 4am these two young people died on the street in the most unspeakable circumstances as Calocane “calmly” walked away. Later, he stopped a van being driven by Coates, stabbed him and left him for dead on the road. He then took to the wheel of the vehicle and attempted to murder three pedestrians by mowing them down. On Tuesday, with great courage and dignity, the parents went to court  where they believed paranoid schizophrenic Calocane would face the full force of the law for his terrible crimes.
 But to their appalled consternation, the judge ruled that, based on medical assessments conducted by three psychiatrists, recent mechanical engineering graduate Calocane was deemed unfit to stand trial for murder. Instead, his pleas of manslaughter on the basis of diminished responsibility were accepted by the court. "Justice has not been done for our daughter...she would be disappointed it has not concluded the way it should,” said Grace’s father, Dr Sanjoy Kumar. “The love of our life has been taken away from us,” he continued.  
 “You understood right from wrong. You have violence in your soul. You remain a danger to society and the wider public.”  If it was harrowing to hear their emotionally wrenching victim impact statements, how much harder to live through the bleak reality every day. Barnaby’s father David Webber said the “waves” of pain he has experienced since his eldest son’s death have been." “He was a vibrant, loving boy who was growing into a man and starting to live his best life,” said Webber. “Your despicable, murderous actions are not reparable in this or any other lifetime. Your evil, vicious, selfish, unforgivable actions have caused damage that will never be repaired.” His mother, Emma Webber told the court: “Barney didn’t lose his life on the 13th of June. It was stolen from him in the most vicious, unprovoked, senseless and evil way imaginable. There must be appropriate justice served and punishment for the actions of this one monstrous individual. ”Was what happened in court “appropriate justice”? No.
They did nothing to provoke this angry, aggressive man whom a previous flatmate had described as a “a ticking timebomb” waiting to explode. The university authorities were informed, police were involved and it is understood on more than one occasion he was detained under the Mental Health Act but released into the community. 

 
 

Punch » 24 Jan 2024, 5:54 am » wrote: ↑

24 Jan 2024, 5:54 am

When the justice system fails, real men must stand up. 

Absolute desolation. Unfathomable grief. Crippling waves of pain. Promising young people robbed of their lives, loving families plunged into a bottomless chasm of anguish. And worst of all, no chance of justice. Last June, two 19-year-old students, Grace O’Malley-Kumar and Barnaby Webber, were stabbed to death, along with 65-year-old school caretaker Ian Coates, by Valdo Calocane – who embarked on a killing spree on the streets of Nottingham.
 Grace, a medical student, bravely intervened when Calocane, 32, repeatedly thrust a dagger into history student Barnaby. Although she could have run, instead Grace frantically tried to push away their attacker and he turned his rage on her. A witness to the attack heard her “awful, blood curling scream”. Then silence. At 4am these two young people died on the street in the most unspeakable circumstances as Calocane “calmly” walked away. Later, he stopped a van being driven by Coates, stabbed him and left him for dead on the road. He then took to the wheel of the vehicle and attempted to murder three pedestrians by mowing them down. On Tuesday, with great courage and dignity, the parents went to court  where they believed paranoid schizophrenic Calocane would face the full force of the law for his terrible crimes.
 But to their appalled consternation, the judge ruled that, based on medical assessments conducted by three psychiatrists, recent mechanical engineering graduate Calocane was deemed unfit to stand trial for murder. Instead, his pleas of manslaughter on the basis of diminished responsibility were accepted by the court. "Justice has not been done for our daughter...she would be disappointed it has not concluded the way it should,” said Grace’s father, Dr Sanjoy Kumar. “The love of our life has been taken away from us,” he continued.  
 “You understood right from wrong. You have violence in your soul. You remain a danger to society and the wider public.”  If it was harrowing to hear their emotionally wrenching victim impact statements, how much harder to live through the bleak reality every day. Barnaby’s father David Webber said the “waves” of pain he has experienced since his eldest son’s death have been." “He was a vibrant, loving boy who was growing into a man and starting to live his best life,” said Webber. “Your despicable, murderous actions are not reparable in this or any other lifetime. Your evil, vicious, selfish, unforgivable actions have caused damage that will never be repaired.” His mother, Emma Webber told the court: “Barney didn’t lose his life on the 13th of June. It was stolen from him in the most vicious, unprovoked, senseless and evil way imaginable. There must be appropriate justice served and punishment for the actions of this one monstrous individual. ”Was what happened in court “appropriate justice”? No.
They did nothing to provoke this angry, aggressive man whom a previous flatmate had described as a “a ticking timebomb” waiting to explode. The university authorities were informed, police were involved and it is understood on more than one occasion he was detained under the Mental Health Act but released into the community.

Will end up in a Bellevue type of place as he certainly wouldn't make prison a safe place...
 

I always wonder what is the big "wrong" committed by a society that puts people like this to death.

The pretense is that it's somehow better to watch these crazy assholes' brains cook for 30 years?!
The threshold is unnecessarily blurred between a "moral system" and true compassion.

Punch » 24 Jan 2024, 5:54 am » wrote: ↑

24 Jan 2024, 5:54 am

Migrant, Valdo Calocane, pled guilty to manslaughter on the grounds of diminished responsibility and, on January 23, 2024, the prosecutors accepted his plea deal. This means he will not stand trial for murder and will get off with a light sentence.
 Valdo Calocane, aged 32, migrated to the UK when he was 16 years old. He has a documented history of mental illnesses, and was in and out of hospitals multiple times. According to the BBC, he allegedly assaulted two fellow employees just five weeks before he went on his murder rampage.  Yes, there are millions of Valdo Calocane's crossing the U.S. border too. 

 

FIFY because your word-salad doesn't explain ****!

**** shoot him