Overview
- At Wednesday’s hearing, the inquiry saw 2020 texts in which Valdo Calocane wrote about “red rum” and hurting someone, and a ward doctor said that message was not discussed by his care team.
- Clinicians who first assessed him in May 2020 said they had very limited police details, including not knowing he had been handcuffed, which they said could have changed the decision to send him home on medication and crisis visits.
- Expert witnesses on Monday said proper risk assessments should have been done when he was discharged from NHS care, and Professor Seena Fazel urged treating prosecution as the default after violent incidents to build clear records and signal consequences.
- Doctors disputed that research on the over‑representation of young Black men in detention shaped the 2020 decision not to section him, despite a later note suggesting the topic was considered.
- The inquiry is also scrutinizing oversight, with Nottinghamshire Police agreeing to a new probe into possible improper viewing of CCTV linked to the attacks.