Barnaby and Grace's tearful parents demand 'reassurance' over killer's freedom
Barnaby Webber and Grace O'Malley-Kumar's heartbroken parents broke down in tears as they appeared on Tuesday's This Morning after Valdo Calocane was sentenced for killing their children and school caretaker Ian Coates.
Emma and David's son Barnaby was killed alongside his friend Grace in Nottingham last June as they made their way home from a night out, with paranoid schizophrenic Valdo Calocane also going on to kill Ian Coates. Calocane was sentenced to an indefinite hospital order for killing Barnaby, Grace and Ian last week, and relatives have criticised the Crown Prosecution Service for accepting Calocane’s guilty pleas to manslaughter.
Barnaby Webber and Grace O'Malley-Kumar's heartbroken parents broke down in tears as they appeared on Tuesday's This Morning (ITV1)Talking on This Morning, Barnaby and Grace's parents shared their anguish and are now calling for a full public inquiry. Grace's father, Dr Sanjoy Kumar, said: "The loss that we've had has been huge, what we want, as parents, is that this person never ever comes back out. We've not been given that reassurance, I would really like, as a father, the reassurance that this man is never able to come out in the public again. I'd love that reassurance."
He added: "We just want this guy never to come out. It's not just for us, we'll be gone 20 to 30 years, what about our children and their children who have to face perhaps this guy being released. We just want to make sure that never happens."
Meanwhile, Grace's mother, Sinead O'Malley, said: "Ultimately, the judge made his sentencing on the evidence presented to him and we respect that. But to our mind, there's still questions that we are not completely convinced about."
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Grace's father, Dr Sanjoy Kumar, said: "We've not been given that reassurance, I would really like, as a father, the reassurance that this man is never able to come out in the public again." (ITV)She added: "Ultimately, we're here to remind the public about who this person is so that in 30 years time, Valdo Calocane does not get released. He's a danger to the public, he's never to be trusted." Sinead then broke down in tears as she spoke about her "hero" daughter, saying: "Grace has been a hero and stood up for her friends since she was eight-years-old. She always stood up for the underdog, she never let anyone be bullied. The fact that she stood up for Barnaby and tried to intervene in his attack... it's just the way she was.
"It breaks our hearts, she could have run, but we don't think about that. It's not what if anymore. She did what she did and that's the person she was." Barnaby's mum added: "Grace, I wish she had run, but she is my hero and she will always be my hero."
Sinead broke down in tears as she spoke about her "hero" daughter (ITV1)Elsewhere during the heartbreaking interview, Barnaby's mother broke down in tears as she talked about her son's first birthday since his death, where he would have turned 20. Emma said: "It was the hardest first, I can't bear to look at Facebook and memories, I used to always make them take photographs and they would hate doing it. But I would say: 'It's memories, memories'.
"He's not here anymore, we did celebrate his birthday. He's got a banner on his bed and a little candle. But that was tough and very cruel, but we got through it, like we've got through everything else. Everything is hard, everything we're having to do now is tough, but the birthday was a tricky one."
It comes as it was revealed that the government has not ruled out a public inquiry into alleged missed opportunities to stop triple killer Calocane. Barnaby's father David said: "We did get an assurance from the Prime Minister himself that if it’s required, they’re not ruling out a public inquiry, and they will do a public inquiry."
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