Victims of Nottingham van attacks named as Valdo Calocane appears in court
A 31-year-old man appeared in court today charged with three counts of murder after last week's attacks across the city of Nottingham. Yesterday, Nottinghamshire Police named the suspect who has been questioned since the stabbing of University of Nottingham students Barnaby Philip John Webber and Grace Sashi O’Malley-Kumar, both aged 19, and of Ian Robert Coates, aged 65, who was the site manager at Nottingham's Huntingdon Academy, in St Ann's.
The accused is Valdo Calocane, aged 31, of no fixed address. He faces three counts of murder in relation to those victims, and three counts of attempted murder relating to three members of the public allegedly struck by a van. The three alleged victims of the attempted murder were named in the charge. They are all adults. They are: Sharon Miller, Marcin Gawronski and Wayne Birkett.Calocane gave his name in court as Adam Mendes, which his solicitor confirmed was a name Calocane was also known by. He gave his date of birth as September 4, 1991, and he confirmed he had no address.A bearded Calocane wore a grey T-shirt and bottoms, and spoke clearly when asked to confirm his details to the legal advisor.
The two university students were fatally stabbed in Ilkeston Road, Radford, just after 4am on Tuesday. Mr Coates was found fatally stabbed a short while later, in Magdala Road, Mapperley Park. Chief Constable Kate Meynell, of Nottinghamshire Police, had said: “Our thoughts remain with the families and friends of all those affected by these attacks, and we will continue to provide support and reassurance. We would also ask people to respect the families’ wishes for privacy at this difficult time to allow them to grieve."
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