THREE cops are under investigation over how they dealt with alleged assaults by Valdo Calocane the month before he slaughtered three people in Nottingham.
The Independent Office for Police Conduct (IOPC) said two constables and a sergeant from Leicestershire Police have been told they are being investigated over how inquiries were progressed.
Nottingham triple-killer Valdo CalocanePA
PAIan Coates, Barnaby Webber and Grace O’Malley-Kumar were killed by Calocane[/caption]
It is claimed that Calocane assaulted two colleagues at an industrial estate in Kegworth, Leicester, in May last year.
The following month, he went on to kill students Barnaby Webber and Grace O’Malley-Kumar, along with caretaker Ian Coates, in a knife rampage in Nottingham.
The 32-year-old paranoid schizophrenic was given an indefinite hospital order earlier this year.
The IOPC said in a statement: “We have advised three Leicestershire Police officers, two police constables and a sergeant, that they are under investigation for potential misconduct over how enquiries were progressed.
“Decisions on whether any officers have a disciplinary case to answer will be taken on completion of the investigation.”
The IOPC said all Nottinghamshire Police officers are currently being treated as witnesses, meaning there is no indication of any wrongdoing at this stage.
Separately, the watchdog is also examining a number of complaints made by the Nottingham victims’ families.
Investigators are looking at what information was available to police about Calocane before the killings on June 13 2023.
Calocane was locked up in a high-security hospital in January after admitting manslaughter on the grounds of diminished responsibility.
Prosecutors dropped murder charges due to his mental state.
An appeal claiming the hospital sentence was too lenient was rejected by judges.
The Ministry of Justice previously said his crown court legal aid bill has reached £28,248, made up of £13,274 for solicitors and £14,973 barristers.