Before he embarked on his murderous rampage through the streets of Nottingham in June 2023, Valdo Calocane could have been sectioned. But he wasn’t – because, an inquiry heard this week, he’s black.
In the words of Rachel Langdale KC, counsel to the inquiry, a doctor had at one point been “leaning towards” committing Calocane to a psychiatric hospital. But “the team of professionals” decided against it, after taking into account “research evidence” which shows “over-representation of young black males in detention”.
