Katie Thompson
Reporting from court

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For what was a relatively short sentencing hearing, just over 30 minutes, it was no doubt a very long half an hour for the many friends and family of the three victims that filled courtroom one.

Lee Coates stood up and shouted over the room to the loved ones of the two students, saying that no matter what happened, their family was there for them.

That doesn’t usually happen in court and nor does the rapturous applause that followed.

There were well over 100 people packed in. You could hear a pin drop as everyone listened to the judge’s remarks. Some had their heads bent, some were crying and some had to leave the room.

Calocane stood as his sentence was handed down. A far cry from his bearded mugshot, he was clean shaven, suited and wearing glasses, staring ahead throughout.

His towering figure stood out. He showed no emotion.

Afterwards people hugged. People sobbed. The red eyes were clear to see.

Then came the family statements outside court. The raw emotion of the words of James Coates, Emma Webber and Sanjoy Kumar was felt by all in the media scrum.

We'll be closing our live coverage shortly, so here's a look back at some of the key points from today's hearing:

• The judge sentenced Valdo Calocane, 32, to detention "in a high-security hospital probably for the rest of your life" for the killing of Ian Coates, Barnaby Webber and Grace O'Malley-Kumar in June 2023
• Calocane's pleas to manslaughter by diminished responsibility were accepted earlier this week on the basis of his documented mental health disorder, including paranoid schizophrenia

• The families of the victims are unhappy with the sentence
• Barnaby's mother Emma Webber said "true justice has not been served", adding she had "grave concerns" over Nottinghamshire Police's treatment of the case
• James Coates, the son of school caretaker Ian, said Calocane had "got away with murder"
• Dr Sanjoy Kumar said his daughter Grace was a "gift to the country", and there were "missed opportunities" to prevent the crime

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Earlier, we heard from Emma, Barnaby Webber's mother, who described "grave concerns" over how Nottinghamshire Police handled the case.

Prior to the attacks, the force said it had "previously engaged" with Calocane "on a number of occasions between 2020 and 2022", saying this was "mostly while supporting our colleagues in the NHS".

One of the incidents, highlighted in a statement by Emma Webber earlier today, occured in September 2021, when Calocane was alleged to have assaulted a police officer while he was being transported to Highbury Hospital.

He was eventually charged with assault by beating of an emergency worker, but failed to appear at Nottingham Magistrates' Court on 22 September 2022.

A warrant for his arrest was issued but he was never arrested, the warrant was still outstanding at the time of the city centre attacks.

Rob Griffin, Nottinghamshire Police Assistant Chief Constable, said: "I have personally reviewed this matter and we should have done more to arrest him.

"However, because of the circumstance prevailing, at the time of the alleged assault, in my opinion it is highly unlikely that he would have received a custodial sentence.

"Of course, an arrest might have triggered a route back into mental health services, but as we have seen from his previous encounters with those services, it seems unlikely that he would have engaged in this process."

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One of Barnaby Webber’s best friends has also been giving his reaction following sentencing.

Tom Yap says he was “happy” the judge had the intention of having Calocane put away for “as long as possible and potentially until the end of his life”.

But he adds he “wasn’t sure” what he was hoping.

On the court process itself, he says it's been “very hard” to hear details of his friend’s death.

Yap adds Calocane is a “sick man” who has “needed help for many years”.

"If mental health services had done a better job with him... that is the only guaranteed way we could have avoided any of this," he says.

Earlier we heard statements from the families of Barnaby Webber, Grace O'Malley-Kumar and Ian Coates on the steps of Nottingham Crown Court.

All expressed their unhappiness at Calocane's hospital sentence. Here is a summary of what they said:

Barnaby Webber's mother Emma said the families had been "railroaded" into accepting a manslaughter plea, and accused Nottinghamshire Police's assistant chief constable of having "blood on [his] hands" - read more about the police's failure to arrest Calocane after an alleged assault in 2022 here

James Coates, the son of school caretaker Ian, called Valdo Calocane a "killer - murder was the only thing he cared about". He said Calocane had made a mockery of the justice system and had "got away with murder"

Dr Sanjoy Kumar called his daughter Grace a "gift to the country", and added the family would "look for answers regarding missed opportunities to intervene and prevent this heinous crime"

Footage released by police has shown the movements of triple killer Valdo Calocane and his subsequent arrest following the Nottingham attacks.

The footage shows Barnaby Webber and Grace O'Malley-Kumar walking home from a night out before Calocane fatally attacked them on 13 June.

Calocane is then seen moving towards where he killed Ian Coates, before stealing his van and driving into three pedestrians in the city centre, all of whom survived but suffered serious injuries.

Mr Justice Turner said he was satisfied that Calocane was suffering from paranoid schizophrenia and should therefore be detained in a high-security hospital for medical treatment.

He ordered that Calocane return to Ashworth Hospital under Section 37 of the Mental Health Act.

Mr Justice Turner started by telling Calocane he would be "detained in a high-security hospital probably for the rest of your life". He said Calocane's "sickening crimes" had shocked the nation and "wrecked the life" of the surviving victims and families.

He described Calocane’s deadly rampage, which ended when he was tasered by police, and then detailed the development of Calocane’s mental illness.

Calocane began to hear voices in his head in 2019, the judge said, becoming convinced he was being spied on by his housemates and MI5. He stopped taking medication because he believed he was not unwell, attacked a police officer trying to arrange a mental health assessment and later disengaged with mental health services.

Mr Justice Turner quoted several assessments of Calocane made by doctors following his arrest, one of whom said he would "never be cured and require long term very cautious management - almost certainly for the rest of his life".

The judge said there had been no evidence to suggest Calocane had been liable to be violent before the onset of his mental illness. And he noted that Calocane was still refusing to take medication prescribed to him.

"You still labour under the strong impression that the voices in your head are real and that you don’t suffer any mental illness whatsoever," he said.

Discussing the type of sentence Calocane should receive, the judge said: "Regardless of the level of personal responsibility, you were and remain dangerous."

He ordered Calocane to stand as sentence was passed, and ordered that he be detained in the high-security Ashworth Hospital under Section 37 of the Mental Health Act, with no timeframe for his release.

Friends of the victims watched in the wings as the families gave their statements to the press. They have turned out in their dozens to support them.

As we've reported, Ian Coates's son has spoken outside court with other family members.

"This man has made a mockery of the system and he has got away with murder," he said.

He added that "NHS mental health trusts have to be held accountable for their failures, along with the police".

You can watch the full clip below.

"We will never come to terms with the loss of our beloved daughter Grace, how she lost her life [and] her heroic actions," says her father Dr Sanjoy Kumar.

Grace was a "gift to us" and a "gift to the country", he says, thanking his "wonderful family... and all of our friends for their continued love and support".

Kumar says his family has never questioned Calocane's mental health diagnosis. But he believes the "lack of toxicology [report]", "contemporaneous mental health assessment" and "missed opportunities" require further review.

"We will look for answers regarding missed opportunities to intervene and prevent this heinous crime," he adds.

Kumar goes on to say "we've been through absolute hell for the last few days", stressing that the families need to regroup.

That brings the families' statements to an end. Stay with us as we bring you more reaction on today's sentencing.

The BBC's Jo Black, outside court, tells the News Channel the whole case has been "harrowing" for the families.

She says there was a "very packed courtroom" today.

You could hear the "anger and grief" from the families. Some of them are now heading away from the court.

The son of victim Ian Coates says he sympathises with the families of Grace O'Malley-Kumar and Barnaby Webber, calling them "the definition of strength and unity".

James Coates says his heart also goes out to the other victims of Calocane's attack, who were injured but survived.

He criticises the judge's decision, saying the punishment for Calocane's "calculated, cold, brutal killing spree" has been reduced down to something that falls within the same legal guidelines as death by dangerous driving.

"This man is a killer - murder was the only thing he cared about," he says.

He adds that his family and the city of Nottingham have "suffered a great loss".

He says both the police and the NHS must be "held accountable for their failures".

"This man has made a mockery of the system and he has got away with murder."

Barnaby Webber's mother Emma says the families have been "railroaded" and presented with a "fait accompli" to accept manslaughter charges.

Continuing, Emma Webber says she foolishly trusted the system, adding that the killer knew entirely he was wrong.

She notes "grave concerns" with Nottinghamshire Police and tells the assistant chief constable he has "blood on your hands".

As a note, this is the same statement as that given to the BBC earlier today, now being read live.

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We are now hearing from the families of the victims as they give a statement outside of court.

First up is Barnaby Webber's mother, who reads the statement the family gave a little earlier.

We'll bring you more on what the families say, and you can also watch live at the top of this page.

Concluding, the judge commended the investigators and everyone else who worked on the case for the "extremely professional and skilful way" in which they carried out their duties.

We're expecting to hear from the O'Malley-Kumar, Webber and Coates families outside the court shortly, so stay with us. You'll also be able to watch their statements live at the top of this page.

Going back to the judge's sentencing remarks, Mr Justice Turner said that Calocane will in future have the ability to apply to the first tier tribunal for potential discharge to the community.

Here, he will be subject to "careful independent consideration" and his discharge would be based on conditions, such as him meeting a supervisor regularly, being compliant with his medication and remaining at a fixed address.

Any "deterioration" in his mental condition would lead to a "prompt recall" to psychiatric hospital.

But the judge adds that given the severity of his offences, his condition and his chronic need for medication, it is "highly unlikely" that he would be given absolute discharge.

Barnaby Webber's parents continue by saying that at their first meeting with the CPS on 24 November - four days before the pre-trial plea hearing - they were presented with a "fait accompli - that the decision had been made to accept manslaughter charges".

They say that they do not dispute that Calocane has been "mentally unwell" but says he "knew exactly what he was doing".

The family has "so many questions" surrounding how the CPS carried out its prosecution and "grave concerns" about Nottingham Police.

And, lastly, the statement targets Assistant Chief Constable Rob Griffin.

In an earlier statement, Griffin said that he had reviewed the force's involvement and found "we should have done more to arrest" Calocane prior to the killings.

"You have blood on your hands," Barnaby's parents says to Griffen. "If you had just done your jobs properly there's a very good chance my beautiful boy would be alive today."

The family of 19-year-old victim Barnaby Webber have now released a statement.

They say justice has not been served today, hitting out at what they see as failures in the Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) and the police service.

In a statement published today, Barnaby's family says the CPS did not consult with them on accepting the defence's manslaughter plea. "Instead we have been rushed, hastened and railroaded," family members say.

As a reminder, late last year, prosecutors accepted a plea of manslaughter from Calocane on the basis of diminished responsibility after he denied murder charges in November.

Prosecutor Karim Khalil said the families of the victims had been consulted before the prosecution decided to accept the pleas entered.

Mr Justice Turner tells Valdo Calocane to stand as he passes his sentence.

He says he is satisfied that Calocane is suffering from paranoid schizophrenia and should therefore be detained in hospital for medical treatment.

He orders that Calocane return to Ashworth Hospital under section 37 of the Mental Health Act.

There is no timeframe for his release - the judge earlier said it would "probably" be for the rest of his life.