The Independent Office for Police Conduct (IOPC) is reopening its investigation into the actions of Leicestershire Police after allegations of assault by Nottingham triple killer Valdo Calocane on two co-workers.
The incident took place in May 2023, a month before Calocane killed Ian Coates, Grace O’Malley-Kumar and Barnaby Webber in Nottingham on 13 June.
The police watchdog previously prepared a report which said officers failed to properly investigate the allegation Calocane assaulted two warehouse workers.
As a result, three officers were due to face misconduct meetings which the force postponed, it said.
The investigation is now being reopened as the force has provided new evidence that had not previously been available to the IOPC.
It will now re-examine whether Calocane’s previous history, and an outstanding arrest warrant, were seen by officers before the assault investigation was closed.
Ian Coates, Barnaby Webber and Grace O’Malley-Kumar were killed by Calocane in June 2023
IOPC director Derrick Campbell said: “Those who are closely impacted by our decision, including the bereaved families and the officers involved, have been notified and we will complete this work as quickly as possible.
“Any decision on the disciplinary outcome of our investigation will only be made once the new evidence and the results of these inquiries have been analysed.”
The watchdog’s director has offered to meet with the families of the three people killed by Calocane in June 2023, he added.
Calocane was reported to have pushed a woman over and punched a man in the face in Kegworth, Leicestershire, on 5 May 2023 – a month before he killed his victims on a knife rampage in Nottingham.
He was handed an indefinite hospital order for the manslaughter by reason of diminished responsibility for the deaths of Mr Coates, 65, Miss O’Malley-Kumar and Mr Webber, both 19, and the attempted murders of three others in June 2023.
Calcone’s guilty pleas were accepted after medical evidence showed he has paranoid schizophrenia.
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