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Nottingham triple-killer branded ‘monster’ by victims’ family members

Angry family members of three people stabbed to death on the streets of Nottingham have branded their killer a “monster” as they vowed never to forgive his “abhorrent” actions.

Valdo Calocane was suffering from paranoid schizophrenia when he “deliberately and mercilessly” stabbed students Barnaby Webber and Grace O’Malley-Kumar, both 19, and school caretaker Ian Coates, 65, in the early hours of June 13 last year.

Family members of the victims directed their anger at Calocane, 32, who watched on from the dock at Nottingham Crown Court on Tuesday.

From the witness box, Calocane was branded “wicked”, a “monster” and a “menace to society” as they urged judge Mr Justice Turner to hand him the harshest sentence possible.

Barnaby’s father David Webber said the “waves” of

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